Pair of Roman earrings

Gold, garnets and glass
Roman Syria, 2nd century AD
H. 4,5cm; Weight: 5,4g both

Elegant pair of golden bow-earrings. The box of the drop shaped garnet inlay is surrounded with a twisted wire that ends at the top into a volute and a little ring. From a small ring decorated with three globules hangs a bobble into which a glass pearl has a free course. Roman, from Syria, 2nd century AD.

Published: Exhibition catalogue, Solothurn, Switzerland, 1967, Nr. 425.

Condition: Intact and wearable

Provenance: Swiss private scholarly collection, bought in Beiruth. before 1967

Item reference: JE1235