Gold earring with clustered sphere

Gold earring with clustered sphere

Description:

The hoop is slender; at the lowest point is a cluster of hollow gold balls, rendered as if attached to the hoop by a lashing gold wire.


Other: 1 in. (2.6 cm)

Period:

Roman

Date:

100 - 299 AD

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3175, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.3175