Lot 1430
Cupid Gold Earrings, ca. 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. Choice condition, each with a faint hairline crack that was probably present since antiquity. Length: 1.4 cm; Width: 1.3 cm.
Estimated Value $400 - 600.
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| Realized $630 |
