Byzantine Gold Earrings
A pair of Byzantine gold hoop earrings with crescent shaped openwork drops depicting peacocks flanking the tree of life, on modern ear wires. Ca. 6th - 7th century AD. Height: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm). Cf. A pair with nearly identical design in the Paul & Alexandra Canellopoulos Collection, Athens, Greece. Formerly in an American private collection, acquired in Israel.
Inv#: 7560
$5,000
Guaranteed Authentic
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