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LOT 0113
Eastern Roman Gold Earrings in the Shape of a Grape
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (9.26 grams total, 37-38 mm).
Each with a hollow-formed crescentic hoop, piriform plaque with inset glass panel and granulated border, hollow-bulb cluster beneath with three applied piriform plaques and granule finial. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12393-226929.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 08.251.5, .6, for similar earring.
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LOT 0113
Eastern Roman Gold Earrings in the Shape of a Grape
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £80
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with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
Roman Bronze Ring with LEOS
4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
With a D-section hoop expanding at the shoulders, raised oval bezel inscribed with 'LEOS'. 7.47 grams, 25.32 mm overall, 21.68 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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Discoid in plan, both sides with Jupiter presenting Victory on globe to an emperor, legend surrounding. 4.43 grams, 27 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.