Byzantine Gold and Pearl Earrings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2011

Earring (one of a pair)

Date: 6th–7th century

Culture: Byzantine

Medium: Gold, pearls

Dimensions: Overall: 3 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1/4 in. (8.3 x 3.1 x 0.7 cm) ring: 1 in. (2.5 cm)

Classification: Metalwork-Gold

Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number: 17.190.1665

Description:

Earrings like these are found throughout the Byzantine world.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/1700...

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Earring (one of a pair)

Date: 6th–7th century

Culture: Byzantine Medium:

Gold, pearls

Dimensions: Overall: 3 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1/4 in. (8.3 x 3.2 x 0.7 cm) ring: 1 in. (2.5 cm)

Classification: Metalwork-Gold

Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number: 17.190.1666

Description:

Earrings like these are found throughout the Byzantine world.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/1700...