Gold Earrings with Enamel Inlays

Culture: Roman

Period: 2nd century A.D.

Material: Gold, Email

Dimensions: Each 3.9 cm long (including the decorative pin); 5.1 gram (in total)

Price: Sold

Ref: 3695

Provenance: German private collection prior to 2000. Auctioned with Gerhard Hirsch Auktionen No. 316, 2016, lot 548.

Condition: Minor cracks in the beads, otherwise intact and ready to wear.

Description: Finely worked out Roman earrings of formed gold wire, which forms a loop that merges into a blossom-shape setting at the end. The setting with a ribbed rim holds a red brown enamel inlay. The other end is coiled and closes the loop, where a pendant with a profiled gold sheet bead is affixed. At the upper end of the loop is a modern, style-adapted decorative pin, which makes wearing the ancient earrings more comfortable.