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LOT 0347
Sicilian Gold Earrings with Pearls
SOUTH ITALIAN, 1860-1910 CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (7.81 grams total, 58-60 mm).
Matched pair, each formed as a ring enclosing a natural irregular pearl above a tongue-shaped arched panel with two strands of smaller pearls, band of filigree coils to the outer edge, teardrop dangle below with pearl to the centre; hoop and catch to the reverse. [2]
Provenance
Ex Georgie Chrischilles.
Private collection, London.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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