Late Roman Highly Ornate Solid Gold Frame

3RD-7TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/4 in. (12.4 grams, 32.4 mm).

With applied heart-shaped openwork panels and octahedrons on the outer face of a decorative ring band.

Provenance

From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.

Literature

See Niederle, L., Příspěvky k vývoji byzantských šperků ze IV. - X. Století (Contributions to the development of Byzantine jewellery from the IV. - 10th century,), Praha, 1930, fig.6, for a pendant with similar heart-shaped patterns.

CONDITION

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