Lot 419
419
A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD AND CORNELIAN EARRINGS
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A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD AND CORNELIAN EARRINGS

2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

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A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD AND CORNELIAN EARRINGS
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Each hoop mounted with a 'crown of Isis' composed of a central tear-drop shaped cornelian inlay surrounded by beaded wire, hung with a rigid cylindrical pendant terminating in a large sphere with granulated pyramid below; and a pair of Roman gold, garnet and glass earrings, each with tapering hoop mounted with a tear-drop box setting surrounded by spheres and with glass inlay, a triple collared pendant below with central garnet inlay surrounded by a pyramid of gold sphere and granule clusters, some damage, 3rd Century A.D.
1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) and 2 in. (5.1 cm.) long respectively (4)
Provenance
Acquired in 1970 and 1973 respectively.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Antiker Schmuck, Gold und Silber, Galerie Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich, 1982, no. 17. (item one); and Antike Kunst, Galerie Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich, 1975, no. 137 (item two).

Item one: cf. P. F. Davidson and A. Oliver, Ancient Greek and Roman Gold Jewelry, The Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1984, p. 118, no. 129 for similar pendant.

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