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LOT 0371
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, some detached.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Menghin, W., The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item I.33.9.1.
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LOT 0371
Merovingian Gold Hoop Earring with Garnets
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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