A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD AND GARNET EARRINGS
A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD AND GARNET EARRINGS

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD AND GARNET EARRINGS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Each drop-shaped, the flanged box set with a cabochon garnet, the flange ornamented with filigree and rimmed with plain wire, two hollow balls suspended below with granulated pyramidal clusters on their undersides, two loops along the upper edge now hinged to a modern earwire
Each: 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
American Private Collection, 1980s.
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 2004 (To Dress in Gold, no. 125).

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