Hellenistic Gold “Askos” Earrings

Composed of hollow sheet seamed around the side with a central decorative wire band at mid-body and granulated drops.
Hellenistic, 4th - 3rd Centuries BC.
Height: 28 mm. (1 1/8 in.)
Width: 17 mm (0 11/16 in.)
Weight: 5.1g.
Ex: Geneva private collection of Mme. A., by the early 1990s.
#5679
Exhibited:
BRAFA Art Fair. (Brussels, 26 Jan- 2 Feb 2020)
Published:
Antiquarium, Ltd.; Ancient Treasures XIX. (London, 2020) p.15
Comparandum:
De Juliis, E. M. (ed.); Gli ori di Taranto in Éta Ellenistica (Milan, 1989) pp.153-154, nos. 63-67