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LOT 0206
Byzantine Gold Openwork Earring Pair
CIRCA 6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (6.98 grams total, 28 mm each).
Each a crescent plaque with beaded borders, sprung hook and catch; openwork foliage motif. [2]
Provenance
Property of a North American gentleman, London, UK, 1990-2010.
Literature
Cf. Baldini Lippolis, I., L'Oreficeria nell'Impero di Costantinopoli tra IV e VII secolo (the Jewellery in the Empire of Constantinople between IV and VII century, in Italian), Bari, 1999, pp.104ff, for the type, especially no.8 from Athens, Museum Kanellopoulos.
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