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LOT 0160
Byzantine Gold Earrings with Gemstone Drops
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/2 - 3 3/4 in. (13.6 grams total, 90-96 mm).
A pair of gold earrings, each with a tapering hoop and chain suspending a cross set with polished garnet at the centre and a pearl bead to each arm, drop positioned at the centre of the chain composed of a gold stem with coiled wire sleeve, granulated bead and emerald bead below. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11635-198428.
Cf. for similarly complex drop earrings see Ross, M.C., Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Mediaeval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Volume 2: Jewelry, Enamels and Art of the Migration Period, Washington, 2005, pl.LXXXII, item 166, pl.LXV, item 132, and similar crosses on a necklace in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York under reference 17.190.1667.
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LOT 0160
Byzantine Gold Earrings with Gemstone Drops
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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Byzantine Gold Turret Ring
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A gold finger ring with tall columnar ribbed bezel, inset garnet cabochon from a re-used bead; hoop split. 2.05 grams, 34.61 mm overall, 22.30 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.4, Japan 23)
Hoop broken.
Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman. -
Byzantine Gold Openwork Pendant
Circa 12th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
A capsule-shaped openwork gold pendant decorated with vertical columns of filigree figures of eight between beaded tracks, domed cap to each terminal formed as four-petalled flowers with central pellet; two ribbed suspension loops with apex granules. 2.25 grams, 18 mm
Acquired 1969-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent. -
Byzantine Bracelet with Cross
9th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £203
A slender bracelet with D-section hoop and overlapping terminals, central cross with the five wounds of Christ represented as a shallow dimple to each arm and central silver circular boss, vertical ribs and dimples to the shoulders, waisted terminals decorated with vertical grooves and dot-in-ring motifs. 15.07 grams, 66 mm
Fine condition.
Acquired Munich, Germany, late 1990s. Property of an East London gentleman.
