CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.

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A PAIR OF ROMANO-EGYPTIAN GOLD PYRAMID EARRINGS
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
Each with hollow tapering ear hoop hung with rigid inverted pyramid decorated with rows of granules
1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) long (2)

Provenance

Acquired in 1974.

Special notice

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

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Antiker Schmuck, Gold und Silber, Galerie Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich, 1982, no. 2.

Cf. P. F. Davidson and A. Oliver, Ancient Greek and Roman Gold Jewelry, The Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1984, pp. 93-94, no. 83 for similar from Saqqara and detailed bibliography.

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