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LOT 2580
Gold Hoop Earring Pair
INDIA, 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 1/4 in. (3.34 grams total, 25-30 mm).
Matched pair, each a hoop with returned hook, applied granule collar and green glass seed-bead. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1992.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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