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CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A PAIR OF PARTHIAN GOLD AND GLASS EARRINGS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Each with a hinged strap hoop, also hinged on the underside to the back of an elaborate pendant in the form of a three-handled amphora, granulation along the lengths of the handles, a thin horizontal rectangular bezel above framed by granulation and set with glass, the conical vessel mouth with granulated pyramids, the vessel body embellished with granulation, including pyramids, arches and lines, a band of filigree ropes above six small loops, each supporting a larger ring with a pomegranate-shaped pendant, a small loop at the base of the vessel, perhaps originally also supporting a pendant; with modern gold earwires
Each: 2 in. (5.1 cm.) long (2)
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Each with a hinged strap hoop, also hinged on the underside to the back of an elaborate pendant in the form of a three-handled amphora, granulation along the lengths of the handles, a thin horizontal rectangular bezel above framed by granulation and set with glass, the conical vessel mouth with granulated pyramids, the vessel body embellished with granulation, including pyramids, arches and lines, a band of filigree ropes above six small loops, each supporting a larger ring with a pomegranate-shaped pendant, a small loop at the base of the vessel, perhaps originally also supporting a pendant; with modern gold earwires
Each: 2 in. (5.1 cm.) long (2)
來源
Private Collection, U.S., acquired in the 1980s.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 6 December 2007, lot 463.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 6 December 2007, lot 463.