Pair of gold and faience earrings
Each formed from a thin and a thick hoop gold wire terminating in an echinus form, the wire emerging from the echinus threaded through six faience elements of different forms terminates in a spirally-twisted wire around the S-shaped earwire. The Egyptian fayence beads possibly added at a later time
Period
Roman period, 2nd-3rd century A.D.
Dimension
H.
3.4 cm (1 11⁄32 in)
Art market, United Kingdom, July 1987
Private collection, Switzerland, from the above
