Fine Jewellery - Day Two - 30th October 2025
Lot 491
A GOLD EAR ORNAMENT, JAVA, 8TH-12TH CENTURY
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1651
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Description
A GOLD EAR ORNAMENT, JAVA, 8TH-12TH CENTURY, with a central vacant quatrefoil within scrolling foliate decoration, length 4.5cm, weight 20g
Cf. a closely comparable ear ornament in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Gift of Jeanette and Jonathan Rosen, object no.1998.544.49
Provenance:
The property of Mrs. Agnes Van Gessler Verschuir, wife of Mr. Peter Rudolf Wolter van Gessler Verschuir, Governor of Yogyakarta, Java from 1929 to 1932, and thence by descent