Gold earring with cage and ball pendant

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