A Pair of Greek Gold Earrings with Dog Heads
Sale 1139 - Jewelry Through the Ages: Ancient to Neoclassical
Mar 21, 2023
10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
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$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$1,071
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Lot Description
A Pair of Greek Gold Earrings with Dog Heads
Circa 4th Century B.C.
Length 1 inch (3 cm); 2.5 dwt.
Property from a New York Collection
Provenance:
Art Market, New York, 1990s-2006.
For similar examples with animal protomes, see F.H. Marshall, Catalogue of the Jewelry, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman in the Department of Antiquities, British Musuem (1969), pp. 186-197, nos. 178-1820, pls. XXXI-XXXII.
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