Lot Essay
For similar examples see nos. 2932-2933 in Marshall, Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan & Roman in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum.
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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN GOLD PENDANT
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Formed of a sheet disk with a cut out at the base to form a crescent, embellished on both sides with granulation and twisted wire filigree, with a schematic shrine at the center containing a rudimentary figure of mummified Osiris, flanked by uraei, surrounded by a border of filigree plain wires and twisted wires, hemispheres at each end and below the ribbed tubular suspension loop
1 in. (2.5 cm.) long
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Formed of a sheet disk with a cut out at the base to form a crescent, embellished on both sides with granulation and twisted wire filigree, with a schematic shrine at the center containing a rudimentary figure of mummified Osiris, flanked by uraei, surrounded by a border of filigree plain wires and twisted wires, hemispheres at each end and below the ribbed tubular suspension loop
1 in. (2.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Private Collection, U.K.
Aquired by the current owner in the 1970s.
Aquired by the current owner in the 1970s.
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