two late roman gold earrings
two late roman gold earrings
Each earring consists of a flat ajouré crescent with four/three pendants suspending, wire attached on top for wearing; both have different ajouré decoration of double scrolls and volutes in zones; leaf-shaped ends of the chain-like pendants. Ex priv. coll. R. v.d. W., Netherlands, before 1990, inherited.
L. c. 5,5 cm; some ends mssing.
6th cent. AD
Cf. T. Hackens. Rhode Island Catalogue of Classical Jewelry, 1975, no. 55
€ 1.500