Greek Archaic Gold Earrings, Boat Shaped (pr)
**Originally Listed At $700**
Eastern Greek, late Archaic period, ca. 6th to 5th century BCE to 1st century CE. A delicate pair of matching 83% gold earrings (equivalent to 20K), each composed of a very thin, curved gold wire attached by granule-like balls to a broadened half-disc that resembles a boat , the disc hollow and wrapped in three places with three pieces of similarly thin gold wire. These could be made wearable today by a jeweler with the addition of findings. Earrings like these would have been worn by high status Greek and Roman women, who treasured their jewelry - some of the only private property elite women could own in the Classical Mediterranean. Size of one: 0.5" W (1.3 cm); gold is 83%, equivalent to 20K; total weight of both: 1 g
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Shlomo Moussaieff collection, collected 1948-2000, exported with the permit of the Israeli Antiquities Authority
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
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#145967
Condition Report: Slight bending to form, with tiny areas of separation of the gold sheet on the interior part of the loop on one of them. These could be made wearable by a jeweler with the addition of findings.
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**Originally Listed At $700**
Eastern Greek, late Archaic period, ca. 6th to 5th century BCE to 1st century CE. A delicate pair of matching 83% gold earrings (equivalent to 20K), each composed of a very thin, curved gold wire attached by granule-like balls to a broadened half-disc that resembles a boat , the disc hollow and wrapped in three places with three pieces of similarly thin gold wire. These could be made wearable today by a jeweler with the addition of findings. Earrings like these would have been worn by high status Greek and Roman women, who treasured their jewelry - some of the only private property elite women could own in the Classical Mediterranean. Size of one: 0.5" W (1.3 cm); gold is 83%, equivalent to 20K; total weight of both: 1 g
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Shlomo Moussaieff collection, collected 1948-2000, exported with the permit of the Israeli Antiquities Authority
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#145967
Condition Report: Slight bending to form, with tiny areas of separation of the gold sheet on the interior part of the loop on one of them. These could be made wearable by a jeweler with the addition of findings.