Roman, A Roman gold and emerald necklace and earrings set, circa 3rd century AD

Roman

A Roman gold and emerald necklace and earrings set, circa 3rd century AD

Gold and emerald

Length of earrings: 4.5 cm; weight: 6.5 g
Length of pendant: 4 cm; weight: 9.2 g

Each earring an openwork disc forming a rosette centred by an emerald bead, one not ancient, a foliate cross-bar backed by three loops from which the pendants hang, composed of...

Each earring an openwork disc forming a rosette centred by an emerald bead, one not ancient, a foliate cross-bar backed by three loops from which the pendants hang, composed of a red stone within a lozenge-shaped box settings, above a beaded wire and each terminating in an emerald bead; the square openwork gold pendant with central emerald bead, with two small pendants below composed of a red stone within a circular box setting, an emerald bead hanging pendant below from a gold foliate scroll, the pendant with a modern gold chain

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 9 July 1973, lot 32
With Charles Ede Ltd, acquired from the above
Colin MacFadyean Collection, UK, acquired from the above, December 1973
With Charles Ede Ltd, London, acquired from the above 5th April, 2000
UK private collection, London, acquired from the above

Literature

For another pair of similar earrings see D. von Bothmer, Glories of the Past. Ancient Art from the Shelby White and Leon Levy Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, p. 253, no. 187.

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