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PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD AND EMERALD AND GARNET EAR PENDANTS Each with a reticulated square plate centering a rectangular emerald from which hang three gold rods, a cabochon garnet on the top and a rectangular emerald on the bottom of each. For a nearly identical pair in the Mainz Museum, see: L. Pirzio Biroli Stefanelli, L’oro dei Romani, 1992, p. 269, no. 237, abb. 269. Ex Egon Tanner collection, Schaffhausen. 3rd Century AD L. 1 1/2 in. (4 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2007, no. 172 CBS12 SOLD |
