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Property from a Princely Collection (Lots 1-74)
Lot 50

A Greek gold necklace with a ram's head pendant and acorns

4 July 2024, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Greek gold necklace with a ram's head pendant and acorns
Circa 5th Century B.C.
17cm long, weight 22.8g

Footnotes

Provenance:
Heinz Hock collection, 1950s-1960s.
Anonymous sale; Cahn Auktionen AG, Basel, 5 November 2011, lot 178.
Property from a Princely Collection, acquired at the above sale.

For the type, see three similar necklaces excavated in Eretria in R.A. Higgins, Greek and Roman Jewellery, London, 1961, p.127, pl. 26.

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