Roman gold earrings with faience beads
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Object number
AR3301-07
| Object: |
Pair of Roman gold earrings
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| Material: |
Gold. Beads made of faience.
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| Period: |
1st century AD to 3rd century AD. Roman Imperial period. |
| Description: |
Two earrings made of gold. Each consists of a circularly bent gold wire, one end designed as an eyelet and the other wound around it. A convex round shield is soldered near the eyelet. There is also a pendant on the gold wire. It is made of turquoise-blue faience in the shape of a cone with longitudinal grooves and an eyelet at the end. The size of the pendants is slightly different, but the earrings probably belong together as a pair originally. The earrings were certainly manufactured in the eastern Mediterranean region, possibly in Roman Egypt. |
| Dimensions: |
33mm long including the eyelet and 23mm long just the pendant. The other earring is 31mm long with the eyelet and 21mm long with the pendant only.
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| Condition: |
Perfect condition. Including the original faience pendants.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired by us on the art market in 2022. Previously in the French private collection Levy. Acquired into the collection in 1982.
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| References: |
Similar F. H. Marshall, Catalogue of the Jewellery, British Museum, Taf. LIII, no. 2509, but the piece there without a pendant.
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| Authenticity: |
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