A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD NECKLACE TERMINALS WITH EROS RIDING A DOLPHIN, each curved triangular terminal decorated with a pierced-work winged Eros riding a dolphin, a clam shell above. One link of the original necklace, in the form of a dolphin, is still attached to one terminal, both surmounted by hoop for attachment, 3rd Century A.D., probably from Egypt | Christie's

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A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD NECKLACE TERMINALS WITH EROS RIDING A DOLPHIN, each curved triangular terminal decorated with a pierced-work winged Eros riding a dolphin, a clam shell above. One link of the original necklace, in the form of a dolphin, is still attached to one terminal, both surmounted by hoop for attachment, 3rd Century A.D., probably from Egypt

细节

A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD NECKLACE TERMINALS WITH EROS RIDING A DOLPHIN, each curved triangular terminal decorated with a pierced-work winged Eros riding a dolphin, a clam shell above. One link of the original necklace, in the form of a dolphin, is still attached to one terminal, both surmounted by hoop for attachment, 3rd Century A.D., probably from Egypt
1 7/8in. (4.7cm.) long max. (2)

拍品专文

Dolphin terminals are well-known on 3rd Century A.D. Roman necklaces and both the curved triangular form and the dolphin links can be paralleled from Roman Egypt