Byzantine Gold Earring or Adornment Pair
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10th-12th century AD. A matched pair of gold earrings, each a thick round-section hoop with bulb and granule collar above, two small bulbs below connected by a granule collar supporting a larger bulb with tubular neck and granules. 8.39 grams total, 43-46mm (1 3/4"). From an old Oriental collection. For similar see Bollok, A. Byzantine Jewellery of the Hungarian Conquest Period: A View from the Balkans, plate 2 and 3; Albani, J. Elegance Over the Borders: The Evidence of Middle Byzantine Earrings, plates 12-15 in Entwistle, C. & Adams, N. Intelligible Beauty, Recent Research into Byzantine Jewellery, London, 2010. [2]
Condition
Very fine condition, slight denting.
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Byzantine Gold Earring or Adornment Pair
Estimate £400 - £600
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