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LOT 0738
Byzantine Gold Earring
CIRCA 8TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (2.71 grams, 17 mm).
Substantial D-section hoop with applied ropework borders, loops for fastening clasp, six radiating garnet cabochons in claw settings with interstitial granules, ribbed loop to the apex.
ProvenanceEx European collection formed in the 1990s.
Acquired from a North London gallery.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
See Entwistle, C. & Adams, N., Intelligible Beauty, Recent Research into Byzantine Jewellery, London, 2010, for discussion.
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