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LOT 0208

Parthian Gold Earrings

2ND CENTURY A.D.

1 1/4 in. (9.61 grams total, 32 mm wide each).

A group of two similar crescentic gold earrings with slender hook-and-eye hoop, bifacial ornament with gold bulbs to the lower perimeter of both faces and top edges, adorned with pyramid and flower head granules to front face, granule clusters to the inner edge to front face, plain, beaded and striptwist filigree wire crescents to the body, with alternating granulates triangles and rectangles below, repeated on the reverse. [2]

Provenance

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

CONDITION

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LOT 0208

Parthian Gold Earrings

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170

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