拍品专文
Cf. J. Vercoutter et al, The Image of the Black in Western Art, I, Harvard, 1991, pp. 194-5, figs. 244-5 for a similar pair of earrings and a necklace
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A PAIR OF HELLENISTIC GOLD AND AMBER GLASS NEGRO-HEAD EARRINGS
细节
A PAIR OF HELLENISTIC GOLD AND AMBER GLASS NEGRO-HEAD EARRINGS
Circa 3rd Century B.C.
Comprising an amber glass head of a negro set within a close-fitting gold hair 'casing' with gold wire spiralling curls and a filigree tongued collar, terminating in a tapering wire hoop, some damage
1¼in. (3.3cm.) high av. (2)
Circa 3rd Century B.C.
Comprising an amber glass head of a negro set within a close-fitting gold hair 'casing' with gold wire spiralling curls and a filigree tongued collar, terminating in a tapering wire hoop, some damage
1¼in. (3.3cm.) high av. (2)