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A PAIR OF MEROVINGIAN GOLD AND GARNET EARRINGS
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
Each with a penannular braided hoop, round in section, one end tapering, the other affixed to a hollow polygonal bead, with alternating diamond and triangular garnet inlays along its facets; fitted with modern earwires
Each: 118 in. (2.9 cm.) wide

PROVENANCE
Felix-Bienaime Feuardent (1819-1907), Cherbourg and Paris; thence by descent.
Ancienne Collection Feuardent; Boisrigard, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 26 March 2004, lot 192E.
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