A pair of Parthian or East Roman gold and garnet pendant earrings

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.

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A pair of Parthian or East Roman gold and garnet pendant earrings
Circa 1st Century B.C./A.D.
Each with wire hoop hung with a cylindrical granulated gold pendant inset with five garnets, a cross bar below with two garnets in box settings and three suspension loops each threaded with pendants in the form of stylized amphorae with twin handles and terminating in a wire with pearl bead
¾in. (1.9cm.) across (2)

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