PAIR OF BYZANTINE OPENWORK HIGH KARAT GOLD EARRINGS WITH PEARLS Ca. AD 500 - 600. A matched pair of gold earrings, each formed from a circular hoop supporting a crescent-shaped openwork panel decorated with intricate filigree and bordered along the lower edge with a row of fine spirals. Suspended below are seed pearls, each mounted on a loop and attached with coiled gold wire. For similar see: A. Bollok, Byzantine Jewellery of the Hungarian Conquest Period: A View from the Balkans, Plates 2-5. Size: 43-45mm x 40-42mm; Weight: 12g Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly in a 1980s-1990s London collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.