Classical
Gold crescent-shaped earring
Cresent earrings are developed from the symmetrical hoop-type by expanding the body into a flat cresent-shaped plate. Other: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm)
Date
499 BC - 99 AD
Accession No.
74.51.3871
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3871, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.