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Earring (one of a pair)

600s

Byzantium, early Byzantine period

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Medium
gold, pearls, glass, and emeralds
Measurements
Overall: 10.2 x 4.5 cm (4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1947.178.b
Public Domain
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Location
104 Late Antiquity
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This piece of jewelry was worn by a woman in the fashionable courts of Byzantium. Decorated with pearls, glass, and emeralds, these gold earrings are delicate, yet eye-catching. Do you think these chandelier-style earrings would be fashionable today?
A pair of gold earrings features triangular openwork frames suspended from thin hooked wires, with pearls nestled in wire loops. Three pendants dangle from each base; on the left, the central pendant holds a glass bead, a pearl, and a teardrop emerald, while the outer pendants are partial. On the right, the pendants terminate in iridescent pearls and a green stone. The warm gold gleams softly against a neutral gray background.

Earring (one of a pair)

600s

Byzantium, early Byzantine period

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