Lot Essay
The second pair not illustrated.
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PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD EARRINGS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD EARRINGS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Each formed of a plain hoop tapering at one end to a hook-and-loop closure, fronted by an oval flanged box bezel set with a cabochon oval garnet, edged in granulation, centered by a single larger granule, suspending a ring with a drop threaded through a bead (one pearl and one glass in imitation of pearl), four granules at the join of the ring to the shaft; together with a pair of Roman gold and garnet earrings, each boat-shaped, tapering to wires that form the closure, fronted by a disk centered by a cabochon garnet in a dog-tooth setting, surrounded by granulation
Illustrated pair each: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long (4)
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Each formed of a plain hoop tapering at one end to a hook-and-loop closure, fronted by an oval flanged box bezel set with a cabochon oval garnet, edged in granulation, centered by a single larger granule, suspending a ring with a drop threaded through a bead (one pearl and one glass in imitation of pearl), four granules at the join of the ring to the shaft; together with a pair of Roman gold and garnet earrings, each boat-shaped, tapering to wires that form the closure, fronted by a disk centered by a cabochon garnet in a dog-tooth setting, surrounded by granulation
Illustrated pair each: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long (4)
Provenance
August Neuerburg (d. 1944), tobacco mogul and art collector, Hamburg, 1939 or prior; thence by descent.
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