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LOT 1091
Roman Bronze Chain and Rock Crystal Pendant Set
4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (8.12 grams, 49 mm).
Comprising a hexagonal-section fusiform bead with a bronze wire mount and lateral dangles, a smaller facetted bead as a pendant. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureFor examples of similar Roman crystal pendants, see Eger, C., Khalil, L., ‘Bead Jewellery of Late-Roman and Byzantine Time in the Province of Arabia: The Beads and Pendants of Glass, Stone, and Organic Materials from the Rock Chamber Necropolis at Khirbat Yajuz, Jordan’ in Zeitschrift fur Orient-Archäologie, 2013, Band 6, Berlin, 2013, pp.156-181, pl.1.
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LOT 1091
Roman Bronze Chain and Rock Crystal Pendant Set
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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