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PAIR OF GOLD EARRINGS FEATURING WINGED LIONS
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PAIR OF GOLD EARRINGS FEATURING WINGED LIONS
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
PAIR OF GOLD EARRINGS FEATURING WINGED LIONS
Hellenistic art, 3rd–2nd century BC.
A pair of earrings in the form of winged lion protomes, very finely detailed, with the body extending into a twisted ring.
Diameter: 3.5 cm
Gross weight: 14.92 g
Provenance: Former collection of Sergio Colombi, Lugano-Loreto, acquired c. 1960
Charles Ede Limited, London
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2011
Exhibitions: Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA711)
Dragons and Mythical Creatures, Draguignan Museum of Folk Arts and Traditions, Draguignan, France, 16 May 2025 – 31 August 2025
Bibliography: C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 15 and 88
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 10, fig. 6 and p. 78
A Hellenistic pair of gold earrings with winged lions,
3rd–2nd century BC.
See original version (French)
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