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.

CONDITION

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