8th-10th century AD. A matched pair of silver-gilt earrings, each a twisted hoop with coiled wire panels, three hollow bulbs with applied filigree detailing. See Entwistle, C. & Adams, N. Intelligible Beauty, Recent Research into Byzantine Jewellery, London, 2010 for discussion. 28 grams total, 47mm each (2"). Property of a European businessman; formerly in a Belgium collection; previously from an old German collection. [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.