Byzantine
A pair of Byzantine gold earrings, circa 6th - 8th century AD
Gold
Length: 3.5 cm (excluding the pendants)
Of lunate form, with openwork design of stylised foliage flanking a cruciform medallion. Each with four loops for attachment of pendants, one surviving green glass pendant to each earring. The...
Of lunate form, with openwork design of stylised foliage flanking a cruciform medallion. Each with four loops for attachment of pendants, one surviving green glass pendant to each earring. The hoops with hook and loop closures.
Condition
Minor surface war including dents, chipping, and pitting, with some encrustation. There appears to be a small repair where one of the original hooks joins the openwork earring. The glass beads have been glued onto the remaining wire pendants, the others now lost.
Condition
Minor surface war including dents, chipping, and pitting, with some encrustation. There appears to be a small repair where one of the original hooks joins the openwork earring. The glass beads have been glued onto the remaining wire pendants, the others now lost.
Provenance
Private collection, UK, acquired in London in the 1970s