Auction 86 Glyptics and Ancient Jewelry
By Bertolami Fine Art
Dec 9, 2020
Bertolami Fine Art, 1 Harewood Place, Mayfair (London W1S 1BU- United Kingdom), o 14 Hanover Square, Mayfair, (London, W1S 1HP - United Kingdom)., Italy

Wednesday dec 9 2020, 2 pm GMT (3 pm CEST)


Bertolami Fine Art, 1 Harewood Place, Mayfair (London W1S 1BU- United Kingdom), or 14 Hanover Square, Mayfair, (London, W1S 1HP - United Kingdom)

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LOT 29:

A pair of etruscan gold bauletto earrings.

6th - 5th century B.C.

H : 18 mm circa 4 ...

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A pair of etruscan gold bauletto earrings.

6th - 5th century B.C.

H : 18 mm circa 4,01 g

Broad strip of gold bent into three-quarters of a cylinder. The two ends of the strip are joined by a wire or narrow band, which attached the cylinder to the ear.The larger surface of the cylinder is decorated with filigree and granulation. The terminals are embossed with vegetal and lion protome pattern. Very fine work. Traces of oxydation on the back of one earring and on its terminal clasp.

Parallel: Dallas Museum of Art, inv. 1991.75.17.A-B

U.K. private collection

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