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Gold crescent-shaped earring, Classical Cypriot jewelry
Gold crescent-shaped earring, Classical Cypriot, c. 499 BC–99 AD. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.3870.Open Access by the MET

Classical

Gold crescent-shaped earring

Cresent earrings are developed from the symmetrical hoop-type by expanding the body into a flat cresent-shaped plate. This is usually plain but sometimes decorated with borders of plain or twisted wire, minute balls like the early granular work, with filigree designs, cloisons for enamel or paste gems, or with a fringe of beads attached by wire hoops. Cresent earrings are developed from the symmetrical hoop-type by expanding the body into a flat cresent-shaped plate. These earrings are most likely Roman. Other: 1 in. (2.5 cm)

Classification

Object type
Jewellery
Material
MetalGold
Period
Hellenistic and RomanRoman
Date
499 BC - 99 AD

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Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

Identifiers

Accession no.
74.51.3870, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues
Myres 1914, no. 3870

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