Lot Essay
For a similar pair in the Indiana University Art Museum see no. 84B, 1-2 in Rudolph, A Golden Legacy, Ancient Jewelry from the Burton Y. Berry Collection.
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CIRCA 7TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A PAIR OF BYZANTINE GOLD EARRINGS
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY A.D.
Crescentic in form, with an openwork design consisting of two stylized facing peacocks on either side of a central encircled quatrefoil, the details incised, a deep drill punch for the eyes, the crescentic elements framed below by a beaded wire, the thin hoop along the concave edge, re-soldered in place in modern times; now joined to modern gold ear wires
Each: 1 1/16 in. (2.6 cm.) wide (2)
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY A.D.
Crescentic in form, with an openwork design consisting of two stylized facing peacocks on either side of a central encircled quatrefoil, the details incised, a deep drill punch for the eyes, the crescentic elements framed below by a beaded wire, the thin hoop along the concave edge, re-soldered in place in modern times; now joined to modern gold ear wires
Each: 1 1/16 in. (2.6 cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
with J.R. Ogden & Sons, London, 1980s.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 11 December 2003, lot 511.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 11 December 2003, lot 511.