Hellenistic Gold Crescent Pendant

The gold sheet pendant is decorated with intricately applied granulation and wire. There is a rosette on the bail. Intact

4th - 3d Century BC

Height: 3 cm.     (1 3/16 in.)

Width: 4 cm.     (1 9/16 in.)

Ex: European private collection, 1950s - 1980s. Property of Antiquarium, Ltd., New York, acquired in Europe, November 1999.

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Exhibited: 

BRAFA Art Fair. (Brussels, 26 Jan- 2 Feb 2020) 

Published: 

Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures (New York, 2003) p.20

Comparandum:

Rudolph, Wolf  & Barbara Deppert; A Golden Legacy : Ancient Jewelry from the Burton Y. Berry Collection at the Indiana University Art Museum (Bloomington, 1995) no.31a