Property of an American Private Collector
Two Roman Gold Necklaces, circa 2nd/3rd century A.D.
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July 5, 03:00 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Two Roman Gold Necklaces
circa 2nd/3rd century A.D.
each composed of a loop-in-loop chain, one with small emerald pendant embraced by a crescentic openwork clasp with ꦯradiating spirals, the other with a gadrooned pomegranate-form pendant and domed clasp.
Lengths 40.4 cm. and 37.3 cm.
Thomas P. Miller, executive assistant at The Cloisters, New Yor♉k, acquired in Palermo in 1965
Dr. James D. ౠBlackburn, Birmingham🎃, Alabama, acquired from the above in 1990
then by descent to the present owner
For a related example in the Britღish ꧋museum, see accession no. 1850,0601.3, .