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LOT 2110
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.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. Menghin, W., The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item I.33.9.1.
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LOT 2110
Merovingian Gold Hoop Earring with Garnets
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£425 (EUR 493; USD 574) ‡+BP*
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