A pair of Merovingian gold earrings with braided hoops suspending polygonal beads with alternating diamond and triangular glass and diamond shaped garnet inlays along its facets.
Gaul.
Ca. 5th - 6th century AD.
Height: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm); weight: 13.44 gms (pair).
Formerly in a New York private collection; Sotheby's, New York, December 8, 2000, lot 173; Sotheby's, New York, February 8, 1985, lot 421.
