Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF EARLY BYZANTINE OPENWORK

COLLECTION OF EARLY BYZANTINE OPENWORK GOLD EARRINGS - Ca. AD 600 - 800. A collection of four gold earrings, including from left to right: an earring with an openwork plaque and a long vertical element ending in a knob; one crescent-shaped earring with open scrollwork and a border of projecting pellets; one crescent-shaped earring with fine openwork, a central rosette, and a twisted chain pendant; and one large disc-shaped earring with dense openwork lattice framed by a rope-patterned border.For similar see: ?. Bollók, Byzantine Jewellery of the Hungarian Conquest Period: A View from the Balkans, Plate 2, n. 1-8.Size: 32-65mm x 12-40mm; Weight: 14gProvenance: Private London collection; acquired in France in the early 2000s; formerly in a Swiss private collection formed in the 1980s and 1990s.This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.