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Earring with Openwork

600–800

Byzantium, early Byzantine period, 7th-9th Century

Medium
gold with a rock crystal bead
Measurements
Overall: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.122
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Location
104 Late Antiquity
Print
A gold earring features a large hoop bisected by a horizontal band of openwork circles trimmed with small gold spheres. A cluster of four spirals joins the band to the hoop on one side. Below the band hangs a three-lobed openwork shape, its edges flecked with additional spheres. At the bottom, a translucent, rounded rock crystal bead is suspended from a wire loop.

Earring with Openwork

600–800

Byzantium, early Byzantine period, 7th-9th Century

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