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LOT 268
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,089
ROMAN GOLD, PEARL AND CRYSTAL EARRING
2ND-1ST CENTURY BC
1 3/4" (2.90 grams, 46 mm).
2ND-1ST CENTURY BC
1 3/4" (2.90 grams, 46 mm).
An exceptionally high quality Type I earring with wire hoop, two wire pendant arms with pearl seed beads and stone spacers connected to a filigree sphere, collar and openwork setting for a crystal pendant.
PROVENANCE:
Part of a collection acquired around 1900; and thence by decent 1940s.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Marshall, F.H. Catalogue of the Jewellery Greek, Etruscan & Roman in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum, item 2335 for construction.
