Roman Empire, ca. 1st to 3rd centry CE. Pair of large earrings, each earring with thin gold wire attached to large melon-shaped beads with central rope band and vertical ribs. These are truly a stunning example of ancient Roman's taste for refined jewelry. The women of the Roman Empire donned a wide assortment of jewelry. We know this to be true, because elite Roman women were laid to rest in sarcophagi painted with encaustic funerary portraits that depicted the deceased as youthful beauties dressed in refined clothing and bejeweled in elaborate necklaces and earrings. In addition, the sculpted stone portraits of the caravan city of Palmyra in Syria show the deceased donning jewelry, no doubt indicating their wealth and high social status for all eternity. Gold tests at 22 karats and weighs 4.7 grams. Size: .875"L (2.2 cm)

Provenance: Ex-private NYC collection acquired in the 1980's.

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