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LOT 0396
Merovingian Gold Hoop Earring with Garnets
5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (6.36 grams, 34 mm).
With a thick penannular loop and polyhedral finial set with twelve garnet cloisons.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Menghin, W., The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item I.33.9.1.
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LOT 0396
Merovingian Gold Hoop Earring with Garnets
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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