Near Eastern, Western Asiatic gold penannular earrings, Bronze Age, early 1st Millennium BC

Near Eastern

Western Asiatic gold penannular earrings, Bronze Age, early 1st Millennium BC

Gold, modern pearls

Length: 2cm

£ 3,200.00

Near Eastern, Western Asiatic gold penannular earrings, Bronze Age, early 1st Millennium BC

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The pair of ancient Western Asiatic earrings are solid gold, of angular form and broadening to a ridge at the centre. Three modern pearls have been added to the exterior...

Provenance

With Brigantia, York, 1980s

Private collection, London, UK

Literature

This penannular form of ring appears throughout the Bronze Ages of the Middle East, Egypt, the Mediterranean and Europe. The form was used in earrings as well as in 'ring money' or 'hair-rings'. For a similar example see, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no. 1984.175.33a, b.

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