Pair of Parthian gold pendant earrings
Parthian, 2nd century A.D.
Drop: 5cm
Two Parthian gold pendant earrings in the form of openwork amphora with scroll handles. The necks, shoulders and globular bodies are decorated with delicate granulation, and each earring has four bell pendants hanging from the lower part of the body. A central gold disc of sheet metal hangs from the base via three successive original loops. Flattened gold rods coil around themselves to form suspension loops, from which modern shepherds hooks stretch upwards.
Condition: Intact; with modern fixings.
Literature: For a very similar example, see one now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Acc. no. X.94).
Provenance: UK collection, acquired 1970s to 1990s
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Parthian, 2nd century A.D.
Drop: 5cm
Two Parthian gold pendant earrings in the form of openwork amphora with scroll handles. The necks, shoulders and globular bodies are decorated with delicate granulation, and each earring has four bell pendants hanging from the lower part of the body. A central gold disc of sheet metal hangs from the base via three successive original loops. Flattened gold rods coil around themselves to form suspension loops, from which modern shepherds hooks stretch upwards.
Condition: Intact; with modern fixings.
Literature: For a very similar example, see one now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Acc. no. X.94).
Provenance: UK collection, acquired 1970s to 1990s
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Parthian, 2nd century A.D.
Drop: 5cm
Two Parthian gold pendant earrings in the form of openwork amphora with scroll handles. The necks, shoulders and globular bodies are decorated with delicate granulation, and each earring has four bell pendants hanging from the lower part of the body. A central gold disc of sheet metal hangs from the base via three successive original loops. Flattened gold rods coil around themselves to form suspension loops, from which modern shepherds hooks stretch upwards.
Condition: Intact; with modern fixings.
Literature: For a very similar example, see one now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Acc. no. X.94).
Provenance: UK collection, acquired 1970s to 1990s