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Two pairs of Creole earrings. Rome, 2nd-3rd century AD.
In gold.
Measurements: 12 x 13 mm and 11 x 12 mm.
One of the pair of Roman earrings in question is crescent-shaped, with a hollow, smooth structure, made of hand-forged sheet metal and closed by soldering; the other pair has a more pronounced crescent shape, almost closed.
Although the earrings were made in the Roman period, stylistically they have their roots in Greek jewellery, an important artistic movement that encompassed a wide range of objects within Greek territory. Greek craftsmen worked on everything from necklaces and crowns to rings, diadems, bracelets and, of course, earrings. The stylistic differentiation between these objects allows them to be classified according to a period (Bronze Age, Mycenaean Civilisation, Minoan Civilisation, Dark Ages, Archaic Period, Classical Greece, Hellenistic Period, Roman Greece) or place of provenance. The most common material used was gold, worked using various techniques (filigree, casting, granulation, chiselling) and a combination of stones such as emerald, garnet, glass and pearls. The ornamentation includes the representation of figurative elements related to the plant and floral world, as well as animals and Greek mythological deities.
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Two pairs of Creole earrings. Rome, 2nd-3rd century AD.
In gold.
Measurements: 12 x 13 mm and 11 x 12 mm.
One of the pair of Roman earrings in question is crescent-shaped, with a hollow, smooth structure, made of hand-forged sheet metal and closed by soldering; the other pair has a more pronounced crescent shape, almost closed.
Although the earrings were made in the Roman period, stylistically they have their roots in Greek jewellery, an important artistic movement that encompassed a wide range of objects within Greek territory. Greek craftsmen worked on everything from necklaces and crowns to rings, diadems, bracelets and, of course, earrings. The stylistic differentiation between these objects allows them to be classified according to a period (Bronze Age, Mycenaean Civilisation, Minoan Civilisation, Dark Ages, Archaic Period, Classical Greece, Hellenistic Period, Roman Greece) or place of provenance. The most common material used was gold, worked using various techniques (filigree, casting, granulation, chiselling) and a combination of stones such as emerald, garnet, glass and pearls. The ornamentation includes the representation of figurative elements related to the plant and floral world, as well as animals and Greek mythological deities.
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