CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.

Details

TWENTY SIX GRAECO-ROMAN GOLD BEADS
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
Each of disc form with central boss and moulded rim, pierced twice on each side, restrung; and a strand of Etruscan gold conjoined beads, composed of 42 tubular sheet gold double beads, restrung in pairs, circa 3rd Century B.C.
7 in. (17.8 cm.) and 10 in. (25.3 cm.) long overall respectively (2)

Provenance

Item one: acquired in 1968.

Special notice

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

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Item two: Antiker Schmuck, Gold und Silber, Galerie Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich, 1982, no. 49.

Item one: cf. D. Williams and J. Ogden, Greek Gold: Jewellery of the Classical World, The British Museum, London, 1994, p. 370, p. LXX, no. 3104 for similar from Amathus, Cyprus.

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