ROMAN GOLD EARRINGS WITH GRANULATION
Ca.300 AD. A matched pair of gold earrings each a crescent hoop tapering to a ribbed tip embellished with filigree and clusters of granulation along the length, coiled wire collars, large granule finial. Cf. Deppert-Lippitz, B. Griechischer Goldsmuck, Berlin, 1985. Good condition; 27x22mm; 1.0638x 0.8668 in; 4.1; Provenance: Property of a professional London art expert; obtained from an old British collection formed in the 1970s.
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Ca.300 AD. A matched pair of gold earrings each a crescent hoop tapering to a ribbed tip embellished with filigree and clusters of granulation along the length, coiled wire collars, large granule finial. Cf. Deppert-Lippitz, B. Griechischer Goldsmuck, Berlin, 1985. Good condition; 27x22mm; 1.0638x 0.8668 in; 4.1; Provenance: Property of a professional London art expert; obtained from an old British collection formed in the 1970s.