
Gold earring with cage and ball pendant
Description: | This type of earring originated in the Levant and was widely distributed. It is unclear whether these examples were made in Cyprus or imported. Other: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm) |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 699 - 500 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From Cyprus |
References: | Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3182, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.3182 |