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THBHellenistic 16K Gold / Ancient Glass Earrings (pr)
Lot 17
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
Nov 29, 2018
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2018-11-29 10:00:00
2018-11-29 10:00:00
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Bidsquare : Holiday Glitz - Ancient / Ethnographic Art
https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/artemis-gallery/holiday-glitz---ancient-ethnographic-art-3672
What to give this holiday season? Think silver, gold, bronze, shiny, glittery, wearable, festive. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. This is one sale you don't want to miss! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
What to give this holiday season? Think silver, gold, bronze, shiny, glittery, wearable, festive. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. This is one sale you don't want to miss! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Ancient Greece, Hellenistic period, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE. A fine set of hand-blown glass beads, each displayed within their own 16K yellow gold setting. One bead is translucent and bears a pale-green color and the other is of opaque white glass with vibrant pink hues embellishing the top and bottom. Both beads are perforated vertically with a slender gold pin running through the middle. The top and bottom caps resemble a child's spinning top with a plaited border wrapped around their equatorial centers. A petite suspension loop coils above the top caps, and a modern gold-filled shepard's hook enables each elegant accessory to be worn for any occasion. Size (largest): 2.375" H (6 cm); size (largest bead): 0.5" W (1.3 cm); total weight: 8.9 grams; gold quality: 16K.
Glass was considered a luxury item in the ancient world. It was used in everything from furniture inlays to embellishing architectural features, but its most common forms were that of vessels and jewelry. Hellenistic glass is thought by many to be among the most beautiful and highly-prized glass produced in antiquity due to the painstaking efforts needed to create such a high-quality product. The techniques used in ancient Greek glass manufacturing stem from the traditions of the Late Bronze Age which enabled glass artisans to create pieces that emulated the appearance of precious and semi-precious stones. Examples of beads like those displayed on these earrings could have been formed to resemble an uncut emerald, a fragment of rock crystal, or perhaps a delicate pearl. Adding gold elements only helped to increase the opulence of the jewelry itself and thusly the wearer.
Provenance: private Minnesota, USA collection
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.
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#136337Wearable as shown. Beads and 16K gold elements are ancient, and gold-filled hooks are modern. Green bead repaired from two large pieces with some minor losses along break line. Surface wear and minor abrasions commensurate with age as expected, small nicks to glass beads, light indentations and minor tarnishing to gold elements, and slight bending to gold-filled hooks. Light earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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