Bidspirit auction | HELLENISTIC GOLD HORSE-SHAPED EARRING

HELLENISTIC GOLD HORSE-SHAPED EARRING - Ca. 300 - 100 BC. A gold earring with a ribbed hoop tapering to a plain hook terminal. A recumbent horse-shaped pendant is attached at the thicker end, with the legs folded beneath the body. Twisted wire bands encircle the neck, with a twisted crest along the mane and a conical ornament between the ears. For similar see: M. Pfrommer, Metalwork from Hellenized East, 14 Treasure 1, fig.9; The British Museum, Museum number 123909. Size: 30mm x 24mm; Weight: 4g Provenance: From a private UK collection; London market acquisition; earlier part of a Swiss collection spanning the 1980s–2007.