Lot 946
A pair of earrings and a ring featuring two cabochons and granules, Roman, 3rd century A.D.
Works of Art, Antiquities & Ancient Art | A109kua | Live auction | 1190 Lots
Description
Finger ring made of rhomboid, heavy gold sheet. The ring shank open at the bottom. Ring shank 2.5 mm wide at the bottom, continuously widening to a rhomboid ring plate with rounded corners, 9.5 mm wide. On the shoulders, decoration of filigree and granules: two twisted wires, flanked at the upper end and in the centre by one granule each, at the lower end a group of four granules arranged in a T-shape. On the ring plate two oval, domed garnet cabochons in socket, one with cracks. Distinct traces of wear on the sides. Maximum outer diameter 17 mm. Weight 1.57 gr. 2-3) Two earrings of gold wire and a domed disc of approx. 9 mm diameter with a granule in the centre and a notched wire at the border. The wire, just over one millimetre thick, bent into a circle; at one end bent back into a circular loop, with the gold disc soldered on just below the loop. The other end serves as a hook passed through the loop. One disc slightly deformed and the notched wire there partially detached. The notched wires worn on the outside. Diameter 1.7 mm each. Weight 1.65 gr and 1.69 gr. CULTURAL ASSET!Provenance: A French private collection, acquired on the German art market in the first decade of this millennium.
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