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Lot 82

A gold and garnet earring element
Ancient Region of Gandhara, 1st century

17 March 2014, 13:00 EDT
New York

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A gold and garnet earring element

Ancient Region of Gandhara, 1st century
Rosette form with granulation on the pointed outer petals around natural rounded inner petals and an inset garnet, the whole supported by a twisted wire frame with beaded rosettes at the corners.
2/3 in. (1.5 cm) diameter; 3.3 grams

Footnotes

Two examples with suspended pendants, likely from the same workshop as the present lot, are held in the Victoria & Albert Museum, see Stronge et al., A Golden Treasury, London, 1988, nos. 3 &6 and Barnard, Indian Jewellery: The V&A Collection, London, 2008, p.116, pl.6.12. Additionally, a similar gold ornament with granulated petals, contained within a schist casket, was sold at Sotheby's, New York, 19 March 2008, lot 267.

Provenance:
Private U.S. Collection

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