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LOT 0390
Kashmir Gold Earring Pair
INDIA, 9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 - 3 1/8 in. (12.39 grams total, 70-78 mm).
Matched pair of earrings, each comprising a hoop with bulb flanked by small scrolls, a triangular plaque with repoussé pelta-shaped scrolls and openwork elements, beaded band and base with graduated chains ending in sheet-gold vine-leaf motifs with granule finals; mounted in a lined presentation case. [2]
Provenance
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Private collection, London.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12815-241414.
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. Holcomb, M., Jewelry; The Body Transformed, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2019, pp.24-25, pl.1.
Footnotes
The matching necklace is on display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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LOT 0390
Kashmir Gold Earring Pair
Estimate £18,000 - 24,000€20,880 - 27,840 (for guidance only)$24,300 - 32,400 (for guidance only)
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