A GROUP OF KOREAN GOLD JEWELRY THREE KINGDOMS, SILLA KINGDOM PERIOD, 5TH-6TH CENTURY

comprising a pair of gold-foiled rope-twist band bangles; four pairs of earrings, the first and second pair consisting of a thick hollow tube suspending a cluster of small leaves with a round leaf-shaped thin plate; the third and fourth, a thin ring suspending an openwork bead with a leaf-shaped plate, Japanese wood box (14)

Kitayama Fine Arts, Tokyo, acquired in the 1970s.

Overall, the pieces with some wear to the gilding. The first pair of earrings with dents to the hollow tube. The second pair, with breaks to the tube and one section off. The other the tube and ring are separated. Both are in delicate condition. The third pair in good condition. The fourth pair of earrings with some malachite encrustation and loss to the gilding.
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