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CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A PAIR OF EASTERN ROMAN GOLD AND GARNET EARRINGS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Each U-shaped, formed of sheet with a border of rope wire on each side, the obverse with a bezel-set pointed garnet, both sides ornamented with domes, each centered by a granule, clusters of granulation and scrolling filigree twisted wires, the front edge with a domed shield centered by a granule and bordered by twisted wire, the arching hoop hooked around the loop above, an inverted pyramid of hollow spheres along the lower edge; joined to modern ear hooks
Each: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm.) long (2)
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Each U-shaped, formed of sheet with a border of rope wire on each side, the obverse with a bezel-set pointed garnet, both sides ornamented with domes, each centered by a granule, clusters of granulation and scrolling filigree twisted wires, the front edge with a domed shield centered by a granule and bordered by twisted wire, the arching hoop hooked around the loop above, an inverted pyramid of hollow spheres along the lower edge; joined to modern ear hooks
Each: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
American Private Collection, 1980s.
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 1992 (Gift of the Gods, no. 98).
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 2004 (To Dress in Gold, no. 148).
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 1992 (Gift of the Gods, no. 98).
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 2004 (To Dress in Gold, no. 148).