Lot 418
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A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD, CORNELIAN AND GARNET EARRINGS
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A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD, CORNELIAN AND GARNET EARRINGS

3RD CENTURY A.D.

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A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD, CORNELIAN AND GARNET EARRINGS
3RD CENTURY A.D.
Each with oval box setting with beaded border inlaid with cabochon cornelian, an inverted pyramid pendant below composed of gold sphere clusters between three beaded struts with central cabochon garnet inlay, the ear loop of twisted wire; and a pair of East Roman gold and garnet earrings, each with wire ear hoop mounted with three rows of spheres terminating with tear-shaped box setting with garnet inlay, circa 2nd Century A.D.
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) and 7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) long respectively (4)
Provenance
Acquired in 1964 and 1991 respectively.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Item one: Antike Kunstwerke, Galerie Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich, 1966, inv. no. 2625.

Item one: cf. P. F. Davidson and A. Oliver, Ancient Greek and Roman Gold Jewelry, The Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1984, p. 120, nos. 135 A-B for similar.

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