CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD EARRINGS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Each with hollow navicella-shaped body, with two suspension loops with wavy wire terminals, threaded with a horizontal ear wire with convex disc as a terminal, ¾ in. (1.9 cm.) long; a pair of Roman gold earrings, each with wire ear hoop hung with collared large pendant sphere terminating in an inverted pyramidal cluster of small spheres, 2nd-3rd Century A.D., 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long; and another pair of Roman gold earrings, each with convex disc with hollow pendant flower bud and reverse with dotted 'inscription', 's'-shaped ear wire behind, 1st-2nd Century A.D., 7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) long (6)

Provenance

Item one: collection of Prof. Ernst Langlotz, Bonn: sold Kunstwerke der Antike, Cahn Auktion 2, 26 June 2000, Basel, lot 286.
Item two: acquired in 1985; and 1958 (item three).

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Item three: Antiker Schmuck, Gold und Silber, Galerie Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich, 1982, no. 13.

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