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