MATCHED PAIR OF ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD HOOP EARRINGS WITH CABOCHONS

Ca. AD 1 - 300. A matched pair of gold hoop earrings, each formed as a flat, circular hoop with an eye-and-hook closure and a projecting bezel with a beaded collar, set with a large cabochon. Size: 18-19mm x 18-18mm; Weight: 2.7g Provenance: Private London collection; previously part of a distinguished New York private collection, assembled between 1975 and 1995. The collection was authenticated in the early 1990s by Dr. Jack Ogden and Barbara Deppert Lippitz, leading specialists in ancient jewellery. A significant number of objects from this collection were also published in a professional catalogue.. >

Estimate:£300

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