MATCHED PAIR OF ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD EARRINGS

拍品描述

Ca. AD 1 - 300. A matched pair of gold earrings, each formed as a plain circular hoop supporting an elongated pendant composed of a bulbous cluster of cojoined granules with applied pellets, tapering to a short conical terminal. A ribbed neck links the pendant to the hoop. Size: 44-45mm x 11-11mm; Weight: 5.9g Provenance: Private London collection; previously part of a distinguished New York private collection, assembled between 1975 and 1995. The collection was authenticated in the early 1990s by Dr. Jack Ogden and Barbara Deppert Lippitz, leading specialists in ancient jewellery. A significant number of objects from this collection were also published in a professional catalogue. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

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