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A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD AND GARNET EARRINGS
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Each formed from a plain hoop tapering to a hook-and-loop closure, decorated with a row of five single granules above a double row of granules, terminating in a box-set oval cabochon garnet fringed with granulation, the hoop supporting a fixed box-shaped pendant ornamented on the sides with twisted ribbon filigree Xs, with an inverted pyramid of hollow spheres below; fitted with modern earwires
Each: 1316 in. (21. cm.) wide

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