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[One of a] Pair of openwork earrings
Byzantine
6th or early 7th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
5.4 x 5 cm (2 1/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Edwin E. Jack Fund
Accession Number1977.178
CollectionsEurope, Jewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Earrings, flares, plugs, studs
DescriptionCrescent-shaped with 9 spheres on lower edge. Bird pecks at plant in center roundel. Pair of birds flanks roundel. Wreath follows lower edge.
Provenance1977, sold by Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Basel, to the MFA . (Accession Date: May 11, 1977)