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LOT 0728
Roman Gold Boat-Shaped Earring Pair
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (5.06 grams total, 28-29 mm).
Matched pair, each a hollow-formed crescent with filigree closure, cluster of hollow granules to the underside. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1994.
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.
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 1, for type.
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