LOT 72 Greek Gold Diadem Pair
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5th-3rd century BC. A pair of flat-section sheet-gold diadem elementsprising: a pediment-shaped element with pierced, rounded ends and expanded central section, reposé pellets around the perimeter, scrolled vines in the field, central winged figure; a smaller rectangular element, likely a diadem strap with pierced, rounded ends. Cf. Ogden, J. and Williams, D., Greek Gold Jewelry Of The Classical World, New York, 1994, pp.92-93, for aparable pediment-shaped element dated 330-300 BC; p.107, for a similar plain element dated 350-300 BC; pp.234-235, forparable diadems dated 400-300 BC; cf. The British Meum, meum number 1894,1101.493, for a diadem with aparable profile dated 400-300 BC; cf. The Metropolitan Meum, accession number 58.11.5, for similar straps dated 300-250 BC. 3.04 grams total, 11.5-16.8cm wide (4 1/2 - 6 1/2"). Rosebery's, 18 December 2012, lot 263. Property of a London binessman. [2]
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