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CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
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A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD, GLASS AND GARNET EARRINGS
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
The arching earwire joined to an openwork disk of radiating petals, the central depression with a wire threaded through a blue glass bead, joined to an openwork voluted panel below with loops on the reverse suspending two pendants, each set high with a cabochon garnet, a green glass bead threaded on to the end, the glass likely modern replacements; modern gold earwires joined to the hoop
Each: 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
The arching earwire joined to an openwork disk of radiating petals, the central depression with a wire threaded through a blue glass bead, joined to an openwork voluted panel below with loops on the reverse suspending two pendants, each set high with a cabochon garnet, a green glass bead threaded on to the end, the glass likely modern replacements; modern gold earwires joined to the hoop
Each: 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
American Collection, 1980s.
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 1992 (Gift of the Gods, no. 113).
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 1992 (Gift of the Gods, no. 113).