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LOT 0212
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]
ProvenanceFrom a private collection formed in the 1990s.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
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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