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LOT 0212

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690

LARGE EASTERN ROMAN GOLD EARRINGS
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (20.91 grams total, 47-48 mm).

A hollow-formed hoop with lateral teardrop cells set with cabochon garnets and disc cells to the apex with bulbous central section; filigree and granulation detailing, cells with garnet cloisons; stepped columnar lower section with applied bosses and granulation; Eastern Empire or Parthian. [2]

PROVENANCE:
From a private collection formed in the 1990s.
Ex London, UK, gallery.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, in the Department of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1911, item 2587, for type.

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