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Lot 293

A group of Hellenistic and Western Asiatic sheet gold jewellery
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3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £2,295 inc. premium

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A group of Hellenistic and Western Asiatic sheet gold jewellery
Circa 6th-4th Century B.C.
Comprising a Hellenistic wreath, the diadem composed of a twisted sheet strip interspersed with laurel leaves, 15cm diam.; a Hellenistic diadem with twelve oak leaf pendants, 21.5cm long; another diadem fragment, 12cm long; an Achaemenid medallion, repoussé decorated with a hero in combat with two mythical beasts, 3.5cm diam.; and an Achaemenid repoussé sheet gold terminal in the form of a ibex head, 6.5cm long, (5)

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Provenance:
Gottfried and Helga Hertel collection, Cologne, acquired prior to 2000.
Finial: Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 20 October 1994, lot 195.

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