Pair of Gold Disc Earrings with Green Jasper Bead Pendant
Finely modelled pair of Roman gold disc earrings, each composed of a circular disc with a raised rim and decorated at the centre with a stylised six-petalled rosette in relief. A small loop below suspends a twisted gold wire mount holding an oval green bead, possibly emerald.
Period
Greek, Hellenistic period, 3rd-1st century B.C.
Dimension
H.
3.2 cm (1 17⁄64 in)
Ars Antiqua AG, Lucerne, inventory list 1967, no. 94
Private collection, Switzerland, from the above
