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A PAIR OF NABATEAN GOLD EARRINGS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Each crescentic in form, the sheet body with concentric rows of dotted rings divided by double bands, the edges fringed with granulation and beaded wire, a U-shaped cut-out on the upper edge lined with a plain wire arching above, the tapered end fitted into a ribbed bead; fitted with modern earwires
Each: 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) wide

PROVENANCE
with Joseph G. Gerena, New York, 1999.
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