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LOT 761

Sold for (Inc. bp): £748

BYZANTINE - GOLD EARRINGS WITH PEARL DROPS
(8.23 grams (total), 40mm. tall.).

Circa 6th century AD. A delicate pair of gold and pearl earrings. Each formed of a gold wire hoop to which are affixed three loops with granular ornament. The three danglers comprising a hollow cylinder from which depend natural pearls on gold wires (between 2 and 4 per dangle).

PROVENANCE:
Ex Coombe collection.

CONDITION