1st millennium BC. A matched pair of gold earrings, eachposed of twin teardrops wrapped in gold wire, central pyramid-style clter of granules, two flanking loops, round-section hook with pointed terminal. 1.3 grams total, 13-14mm (1/2"). Ex important Japanese collection of jewellery, 1970s-2010; apanied by an old cataloguing ticket. A testament to the prosperity of Western Asia in antiquity, this finely fashioned pair of earrings would once have been set with precio or semi-precio stones. [2]