Pair of gold earrings with an Egyptian Atef crown set with stones and glass, Hellenistic, 3rd–2nd century B.C., Greek, Gold with stone and glass, Overall: 5/8 x 2 3/4 in. (1.6 x 7 cm), Gold and Silver, During the Ptolemaic reign of Egypt (323-31 B.C.), Egyptian motifs were fashionable in Greek jewelry and were sometimes reproduced faithfully or were more freely adapted as in these fine earrings. The upper element, embodying the hook, features an Egyptianizing crown composed of a sun-disk in a translucent stone surmounted by twin feathers rendered with opaque black and white glass
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Pair, gold earrings, Egyptian Atef crown set, stones, glass, Hellenistic, 3rd–2nd century B.C, Greek, Gold, stone, Overall, 5/8 x 2 3/4, 1.6 7 cm, Silver, Ptolemaic reign, Egypt, 323-31 motifs, fashionable, Greek jewelry, sometimes reproduced faithfully, freely adapted, fine, upper element, embodying, hook, features, Egyptianizing crown, composed, sun-disk, translucent stone, surmounted, twin feathers, rendered, opaque black, white glass
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