Print page | Email lot to a friend
Back to previous pageUse mousewheel to zoom in and out, click to enlarge
Gallery loading...
LOT 0462
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,968
BYZANTINE GOLD EARRINGS WITH SAPPHIRES
10TH-12TH CENTURY AD
3 3/4" (19 grams total, 92-93mm).
10TH-12TH CENTURY AD
3 3/4" (19 grams total, 92-93mm).
A matched pair of gold earrings, each a hoop with openwork transverse bar, two dangles with turquoise, pearl and amethyst beads extending to an openwork scrolled filigree plaque and five dangles with sapphire, pearl, amethyst and gold sphere beads. [2]
PROVENANCE:
From an important private London collection; formed in the 1970s and 1980s.
LITERATURE:
Supplied with a positive X-Ray Fluorescence analysis certificate.
