A pair of Parthian gold earring pendants

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A pair of Parthian gold earring pendants
1st-2nd Century A.D.
Each in the form of a stylized amphora, the body comprising a hollow openwork gold sphere decorated with granulation, the neck supporting two scrolling 'handles', the middle of the body surrounded by five hemispherical sheet gold bell-shaped pendants (one missing), a single gold wire below threaded with a pearl and a pomegranate-shaped bead
1 7/8in. (4.7cm.) long av. (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. P. F. Davidson and A. Oliver, Jr., Ancient Greek and Roman Gold Jewellery in the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, 1984, pp. 142-143, no. 193 for a similar earring and a comprehensive listing of parallels in other collections.

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