LOT 1220 Byzantine Gold Filigree Earrings with Garnets
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6th-8th century AD. A matched pair of bifacial hollow-form crescentic earrings, each with an applied twisted wire border to the perimeter of the front face, three tear-shaped garnet and turquoise stones in settings and applied twisted wire circles above and below; an applied twisted wire border to the perimeter of the reverse, and a stylised floral design formed from applied twisted wire comprising three tear-shaped petals arranged around a circle, two circles above; an oblate pearl(?) bead to the top face; attachment loops to the edges; collared terminals; round-section 'hooks.' See Entwistle, C. & Adams, N., Intelligible Beauty, Recent Research into Byzantine Jewellery, London, 2010, for discussion. 8.27 grams total, 34-35mm (1 1/4"). Ex London art market; previously in a collection from the Philippines. [2]
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