STUNNING MATCHED PAIR OF LATE ROMAN / BYZANTINE GOLD AND PEARL EARRINGS

Ca. AD 400 - 600. A pair of gold pendant earrings, each composed of a circular openwork rosette surmounting a raised round collet set with a purple cabochon. The rosette is joined by short struts to a horizontal bar from which descend three articulated drops, formed as rhomboid box-collets set with small cabochons and terminating in globular pearl beads. The rosettes have narrow ear wires on the reverse. For similar see: Christie's, Online Auction 12805; Ancient Jewelry: Wearable Art, Lot 11. Size: 42-44mm x 24-25mm; Weight: 7.5g Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in France in the early 2000s; formerly in a Swiss private collection formed in the 1980s and 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter..