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LOT 2306
Roman Style Gold Earring Pair with Garnets
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (4.04 grams total, 49 mm).
Each a triangular plaque with filigree border, central cell with inset garnet cabochon surrounded by applied filigree annulets, transverse bar below with discoid dangles. [2]
Provenance
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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