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A PAIR OF BYZANTINE GOLD, PEARL, ROCK CRYSTAL AND AMETHYST EARRINGS
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY A.D.
Each composed of an eight-lobed rosette with a central circular setting set with a foiled-backed cabochon rock crystal, surrounded by a gold wire strung with pearls threaded through eight equidistant loops, with five gold hoops below, each supporting an amethysts or pearl drop, a high arching ear wire at the top
Each: 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high

PROVENANCE
Art Market, London, prior to 1998.
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