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Earrings

Roman, 1st – 3rd Century AD
Gold.
L 5.2 cm and 5.3 cm

A pair of earrings, each consisting of a round shield decorated with two overlapping rosettes, five beads framed with twisted gold wire and two twisted gold wires around the edge. A woman's head hangs from each shield, adorned with spiral earrings and a pendant made of twisted gold wire. The back of the head is worked flat using a sheet of gold. The heads are flanked by two cylindrical pendants with drop-shaped pendants decorated with rows of granulation. The connection to the s-shaped hoops is formed by heart-shaped ornaments surrounded by gold wire.

Rosettes of an earring missing.

                                     

Provenance

German private collection J. R. (1941-2021), acquired between 1960 and 1990 on the European art market – mainly in the 1970s and 1980s at auctions in London.

Accompanied by an IADAA Interpol search certificate.

Price
€ 4,900
Item
7548