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CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD, GARNET, EMERALD AND PEARL EARRINGS
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Each of navicella form, fronted with a bezel-set drop-shaped garnet, with fifteen wires radiating from the back of the bezel, each threaded through a small pearl, with drop-shaped garnets set in a saw-tooth bezel on either side, the underside with five joined loops, a small garnet or emerald bezel-set between each loop, five pendants below, four each with a ribbed tubular bead, enhanced with beaded wires, terminating in a wire threaded through a pearl, the central pendant with a saw-tooth bezel set with a circular cabochon garnet, terminating in a wire threaded through an emerald
Each: 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Each of navicella form, fronted with a bezel-set drop-shaped garnet, with fifteen wires radiating from the back of the bezel, each threaded through a small pearl, with drop-shaped garnets set in a saw-tooth bezel on either side, the underside with five joined loops, a small garnet or emerald bezel-set between each loop, five pendants below, four each with a ribbed tubular bead, enhanced with beaded wires, terminating in a wire threaded through a pearl, the central pendant with a saw-tooth bezel set with a circular cabochon garnet, terminating in a wire threaded through an emerald
Each: 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Acquired by the current owner in 1994.