circa 2nd century AD
Length: 3.4 cm
Provenance: Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977); given by him to his wife Paulette Goddard to whom he was married from 1936 to 1942; Private collection USA
Single earring the hook attached to a circular disc of gold, edged with gold wire and with central gold knob, a flattened oval amethyst drop hangs below.
This earring originally adorned an Egyptian bronze seated cat, that was a gift from Charlie Chaplin to his wife, Paulette Goddard in 1939.
Literature: For a less fine example, see one now housed in the Metropolitan Musuem of Art (Acc. no. 74.51.3746).
circa 2nd century AD
Length: 3.4 cm
Provenance: Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977); given by him to his wife Paulette Goddard to whom he was married from 1936 to 1942; Private collection USA
Single earring the hook attached to a circular disc of gold, edged with gold wire and with central gold knob, a flattened oval amethyst drop hangs below.
This earring originally adorned an Egyptian bronze seated cat, that was a gift from Charlie Chaplin to his wife, Paulette Goddard in 1939.
Literature: For a less fine example, see one now housed in the Metropolitan Musuem of Art (Acc. no. 74.51.3746).
