1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

细节

AN EAST ROMAN GOLD GRANULATED PENDANT
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Composed of a hollow boxed disc set with central cornelian within rows of beaded wire and granular decoration, four conical bosses project from the sides of the disc, below it are three loops from which hang three wire pendants each strung with a pearl and granulated bead, the suspension loop above has granular decoration also, the back of the disc with repoussé bird figure; and a Roman or Byzantine gold animal pendant composed of a crescent-shaped ring decorated with five applied granules on each side, with a ridged suspension loop, below hangs a smaller pendant in the form of a crouching feline animal on a small pedestal, 4th-6th Century A.D.
1¼ in. (3.1 cm.) and 1 in. (2.6 cm.) long respectively (2)

来源

Item one: de Clercq and Stahlberg collections.
Item two: Bochberg collection.

注意事项

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

拍品专文

PUBLISHED:
Item two: W. Hornbostel (ed.), Kunst der Antike, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 1977, p. 481, no. 427.

Item one: an alternative date of the 5th Century A.D. has also been suggested for this delicate pendant from the Eastern Empire.