JewelryHellenistic3rd-2nd century BCE
Earrings with Three Lion Heads
c. 300 BCE
Description
Thick hoop earrings consist of spirals of wound wires terminating in three elaborately worked lion heads. A miniature human-headed mask is set between the double lion heads.
Dimensions
2.1 cm (13/16 in.)
Provenance
Leo Mildenberg, Zurich, (by 2001), sold; [through Christie's, London, October 27, 2004, lot 103], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2005.
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