COLLECTION OF GREEK GOLD EARRINGS

Ca. 700 - 300 BC. A collection of five gold earrings, including, from left to right: a hoop earring composed of rounded sheet-gold beads threaded around a thin wire hoop; a pendant earring with a circular hoop above a linked drop of red stone, pearl and gold elements; a pendant earring with a filigree bird above an orange cylindrical bead and granular collars; a hoop earring suspending two pearl drops from linked gold loops; and an earring with a plain hook and a quatrefoil cluster of rounded cells set with red gemstones. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 74.51.3163. Size: 27-46mm x 8-16mm; Weight: 10g Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in the F. Piket collection, Netherlands, assembled 1970s–1980s.. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.