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Lot 200

A pair of Parthian gold and garnet earrings
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24 October 2012, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£2,000 - £3,000

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A pair of Parthian gold and garnet earrings
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Each earring composed of a disc with filigree border, decorated with an oval garnet cabouchon set in a high bezel, attached to a pendant comprising a square box with six hollow globules, with sparsely applied granule decoration, on a plaited gold wire hoop, both 1¾in (4.5cm) long (2)

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Provenance:
UK private collection acquired in the late 1970s - early 1980s.

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