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Pair of earrings


금제세환이식, 金製細環耳飾
Korean
Three Kingdoms period, Silla
6th century
Object Place: Korea

Medium/Technique Gold
Dimensions L. 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel
Accession Number19.699
CollectionsJewelry, Asia

Catalogue Raisonné MFA Highlights: Arts of Korea (2012), p. 34
ProvenanceBy 1918, Hervey E. Wetzel (b. 1888 - d. 1918), Boston; 1918, by inheritance from her cousin, Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, Chicago [see note 1]; 1919, gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel, to the MFA. (Accession date: March 31, 1919)

Notes:
[1] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.