Pair of Earrings with Lion Head Terminals, Hellenistic Greek, ca. 3rd-2nd century B.C.
Gold, with modern 22 carat gold wrap and gold ball post for pierced earrings, 14 carat gold pierce posts
height: 1.8 cm; 3/4 in.
Provenance
Private Collection (Europe), assembled in the 1980s-1990s.Publications
Comparanda:
Williams, Dyfri & Jack Ogden; Greek Gold. Jewelry of the Classical World (New York, 1994) no.132 Higgins, R; Greek and Roman Jewellery (Berkeley, 1980) pl.47.f
Greifenhagen, Adolf; Schmuckarbeiten in Edelmetall Bd.2 (Berlin, 1970) taf.44.2-3