THREE ROMAN GOLD PENDANTS
THREE ROMAN GOLD PENDANTS

CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

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THREE ROMAN GOLD PENDANTS
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Each leaf-shaped sheet with a repoussé female bust depicted frontally, her head turned slightly to her left, one wearing a Phrygian cap, each pendant framed by a plain border, the point with a wire threaded through an emerald, a ribbed suspension loop above, two with filigree scrolling and one with embossed rosettes in the field; strung together on a modern gold chain
Largest: 2 in. (5.1 cm.) long
Provenance
with Vasken Demirjian, New York, 1980s.

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