Lot 702
Roman Gold Earrings, c. 3rd Century AD. A matched set with minor individual variations. Each is comprised of a figure of Cupid on a matrix of white material, perhaps bone or glass paste, inset in a twisted gold wire frame. In the rear of each is attached a gold wire for insertion into the earlobe. Cupid leans (to the left in one earring and right in the other) against an upturned torch and is in a posture of mourning; legs crossed and arms folded, chin resting on palm. The subject's posture in combination with the upturned torch may mark these earrings as funerary in purpose. Dimensions approximately: 1.4 cm x 1.3 cm. Choice condition, each with a faint hairline crack that was probably present since antiquity.
Estimated Value $800 - 900.
Published in Freeman & Sear's MBS 12, Oct. 28, 2005, lot 684.
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