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PAIR OF GOLD LION EARRINGS
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PAIR OF GOLD LION EARRINGS
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,500 - €3,500
Voluntary lot
Description
PAIR OF GOLD LION EARRINGS
Hellenistic art, 4th–3rd century BC
A pair of crescent-shaped earrings with a braided design; the widened upper end is decorated with filigree in spiral and ‘sawtooth’ motifs, upon which a circular lion’s mask is set.
Height: 3.3 cm
Gross weight: 17.46 g
Provenance: Former German private collection, acquired c. 1980
Rupert Wace Ancient Art Limited, London
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2012
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, 2012–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA804)
Caesar & Cleopatra, Historisches Museum Der Pfalz, Speyer, Germany, 13 April – 26 October 2025
Bibliography: Rupert Wace Ancient Art, 2012, no. 30
A. Schubert, ‘Cleopatra VII’ in Historisches Museum Der Pfalz Speyer (ed.), Caesar & Cleopatra, 2025, p. 105
A Hellenistic pair of gold lion-headed earrings,
Late 4th–3rd century BC
See original version (French)
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