COLLECTION OF EASTERN ROMAN GOLD EARRINGS
Ca. AD 200 - 600. A collection of three gold earrings, including, from left to right: an earring with a thick crescentic body decorated with close-set transverse ribbing and bordered by twisted wire, with a plain bead at the lower front; a lunate earring with a hollow crescent body and capped terminals with loops; and an earring of circular-section wire with a central disc. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 74.51.3163. Size: 15-17mm x 18-20mm; Weight: 6g Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in the F. Piket collection, Netherlands, assembled 1970s–1980s.. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
[ translate ]Ca. AD 200 - 600. A collection of three gold earrings, including, from left to right: an earring with a thick crescentic body decorated with close-set transverse ribbing and bordered by twisted wire, with a plain bead at the lower front; a lunate earring with a hollow crescent body and capped terminals with loops; and an earring of circular-section wire with a central disc. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 74.51.3163. Size: 15-17mm x 18-20mm; Weight: 6g Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in the F. Piket collection, Netherlands, assembled 1970s–1980s.. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
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