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Pair of Amphora Earrings, Late Roman or Early Byzantine, ca. 5th-6th century A.D., after a Hellenistic Greek type

Pair of Amphora Earrings, Late Roman or Early Byzantine, ca. 5th-6th century A.D., after a Hellenistic Greek type

Gold, garnet, wrapped with modern 22 carat gold ear wires
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Provenance

Private Collection (Europe), assembled 1980s-1995;

Antiquarium Ltd. (New York), 1998;

Private Collection (USA), 1998-2000.

Literature

Comparanda:

Hackens, Tony ; Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design. Classical Jewelry (Providence, 1975) no.59 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York acc. no. 17.190.151

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