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CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Details
A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD EARRINGS
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Each with a hoop of two spiral twisted wires and a plain wire tapering to a single wire at each end and formed into a hook and eye closure, a sheet dome mounted on the hoop, adorned at the base with a row of granulation and a filigree double spiral, with a fixed pendant of three hollow spheres attached to the hoop by an intermediate reel-shaped collar, the spheres ornamented with a fringe and rigid chains of granulation; a modern ear post attached to the hoop
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long (2)
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Each with a hoop of two spiral twisted wires and a plain wire tapering to a single wire at each end and formed into a hook and eye closure, a sheet dome mounted on the hoop, adorned at the base with a row of granulation and a filigree double spiral, with a fixed pendant of three hollow spheres attached to the hoop by an intermediate reel-shaped collar, the spheres ornamented with a fringe and rigid chains of granulation; a modern ear post attached to the hoop
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 13 December 2002, lot 639.