A ROMAN GOLD BOSS BRACELET

POMPEIIAN TYPE, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN GOLD BOSS BRACELET
POMPEIIAN TYPE, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Composed of eight pairs of hollow sheet gold hemispheres, each pair joined by a double-beaded wire collar, the terminals in the form of ivy leaves flanked by two rosettes and decorated with three gold granules, with two ribbed hoops on one terminal and one on the other forming a hinge-type fastener joined by a removable pin, the hollow bosses with remains of sulphur infill and linked together by later hooks and loops
7 ¾ in. (19.5 cm.) long

Provenance

Dr Carmen Hertz, Countess Finck von Fickenstein (1889-1971), Germany and Switzerland.
Stahlberg collection.
Private collection, Europe.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 13 May 2003, lot 448.
UK art market.
Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 25 October 2007, lot 159.
Formerly private collection, UK.

Exhibited

Kunst der Antike, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 1977-1986.

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Lot Essay

For similar, cf. British Museum, inv. 1946,0702.1, and Musée de Mariemont, inv. B.357, found in a villa at Boscoreale in 1908. The latter is reproduced in J. Ward-Perkins and A. Claridge, Pompeii AD79, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1976, no. 62, with the comment that 'these armlets appeared suddenly in the First Century AD, with earrings to match, and remained very popular until the second century. At least seven examples are known from Pompeii’.

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