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PAIR OF GOLD ANTILOPE EARRINGS
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PAIR OF GOLD ANTILOPE EARRINGS
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
Voluntary lot
Description
PAIR OF GOLD ANTILOPE EARRINGS
Hellenistic art, late 4th–3rd century BC.
Earrings consisting of a twisted ring extending into a finely chiselled antelope’s head with filigree decoration, fitted with a loop beneath the jaw serving as a clasp.
One eye and one ear are missing. Modern hooks.
Diameter: 1.7 cm
Gross weight: 4.29 g
Provenance: Former P. Griffins Collection, United Kingdom
Charles Ede Limited, London
Christian Levett Collection, Mougins Museum of Classical Art, acquired in 2012
Exhibitions: Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, 2012–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA802)
Caesar & Cleopatra, Historisches Museum Der Pfalz, Speyer, Germany, 13 April – 26 October 2025
A Hellenistic pair of gold earrings with antelope heads,
Late 4th–3rd century BC
See original version (French)
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