Loading, please wait...

Eastern Roman Gold Hoop Earrings with Stone Inlays Eastern Roman Gold Hoop Earrings with Stone Inlays Eastern Roman Gold Hoop Earrings with Stone Inlays
Use mousewheel to zoom in and out, click to enlarge
Details

LOT 0760

Eastern Roman Gold Hoop Earrings with Stone Inlays

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]

Provenance

Acquired 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.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 08.251.5, .6, for earrings in similar style.

Footnotes

As a result of the expansion of the Roman Empire, jewellery became more and more elaborate in its designs and materials used, such as precious and semi-precious gemstones. This pair of earrings represent a highly baroque evolution of the boat-shaped type, already visible in Etruscan jewellery and certainly in Roman jewellery, as demonstrated by the excavations of Herculaneum. Using the body of the boat-shaped earrings, the late Imperial artist added decorative clusters and applications of pearled borders and precious stones, according to the taste of Eastern Hellenism rooted for centuries in the provinces of the Black Sea and Roman Asia.

CONDITION
VETTING:

TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process


AUCTIONS:

TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.

LOT 0760

Eastern Roman Gold Hoop Earrings with Stone Inlays

Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)

Print page

RELATED LOTS
  • Roman Black Glass Bead Necklace String
    Roman Black Glass Bead Necklace String
    1st-4th century A.D. and later

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

    Restrung group of biconical, cylindrical and other beads. 8.79 grams, 30 cm



    Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

    Lot Details

  • Roman Bronze Ring with Insect Intaglio
    Roman Bronze Ring with Insect Intaglio
    2nd-3rd century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £416

    Comprising a D-section hoop with expanding shoulders, gilt bezel set with an oval glass gem with engraved insect. 7.45 grams, 23.82 mm overall, 15.81 mm internal diameter (approximate size British E 1/2, USA 2 1/2, Europe 3, Japan 3)



    Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

    Lot Details

  • Roman Bronze Basket-Vase
    A Rare Wine Mixing Vessel
    Roman Bronze Basket-Vase
    1st-2nd century A.D.

    Estimate: £12,000 - 17,000 (‡+bp*)

    Opening Bid: £6,000

    Ellipsoid in plan with low basal ring and thick convex rim, carination to the forward end; hinges to each lateral rim, the knuckles formed as addorsed duck-heads each with scrolled panel to the rear retaining the pivot of the ribbed D-shaped handles. 1.68 kg, 28 cm



    Acquired in Switzerland, 1996. Private collection, Europe. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate dated 30th April 2004. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12363-226688. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

    This vessel (lanx) was part of Roman and provincial bronze instrumentum domesticum, i.e. culinary or domestic utility ware. The form of the bowl resembles a type of helmet with carination to the front, the handles placed as hinged cheek-protectors.

    Lot Details

Stay up-to-date with the latest from TimeLine Auctions by joining our mailing list