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Ancient Greek .Egypt .Hellenistic .Earrings Gold .with Bull Head .very Rare 11g For Sale
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Ancient Greek .Egypt .Hellenistic .Earrings Gold .with Bull Head .very Rare 11g:
$3654.74
Greek Hellenistic Earrings with Bull Head Terminals. (11.03)gm A finely rendered matching pair of Greek Hellenistic gold earrings, each formed from a coiled circular wire hoop, which tapers towards one end and features a bull head terminal on the other. The bull heads are modelled from a thin layer of sheet, and feature naturalistically rendered facial and anatomical features. The tapering end closes the earring by hooking onto a loop attached to the animals’ chins. These fine earrings testify the refinement of gold working in Ancient Greece during the Hellenistic period.
Weight: 11.03gm Rare Weight Date: Circa 4th-3rd century BC gentleman, 1980s-90s.
The fascination with jewellery is not a modern
concern. The desire to possess personal items of beauty is as ancient as humanity itself. Palaeolithic and later prehistoric remains provide ample evidence for personal ornaments of all types. Unusual stones, bone, wood and other materials were used for necklaces, bangles, earings, beads and other forms of ornament. As in many ancient societies, jewellery was an important social marker used to demonstrate wealth and richness. In Ancient Greek culture jewellery was worn in everyday life but was also buried with the decease as part of his or her funerary outfit. Jewellery might have been enriched by precious and semi-precious stones and decorative motives would have included popular myths, gods, goddesses, and heroes. Earrings such as these became very popular from the 6th century BC onwards and thicker models have been found also in the Greek colonies of south Italy. The most common models included many zoomorphic heads, such as bulls’, lions’, goats’ heads and dolphins. Jewellery such as this was crafted for everyday use, instead of being destined exclusively to a funerary purpose.
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