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Source Description
A thick wire hoop, one end wound around the other for the clasp, forms the framework of each gold earring. The decoration is aligned in one plane around the outer edge of the hoop. At each side is a conical garnet in a flat-backed setting; at the bottom are three pearls hung from rings; between the pearls and garnet are four rows of balls, six to a row, the center row concealing the fourth behind it. Hoops and balls are liberally sprinkled with granulation on the front side only. Within the hoop is a disk with the face of Eros framed by twisted wire.
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Document identity
localId
14367
label
Earring
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
14367
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Earring
description
A thick wire hoop, one end wound around the other for the clasp, forms the framework of each gold earring. The decoration is aligned in one plane around the outer edge of the hoop. At each side is a conical garnet in a flat-backed setting; at the bottom are three pearls hung from rings; between the pearls and garnet are four rows of balls, six to a row, the center row concealing the fourth behind it. Hoops and balls are liberally sprinkled with granulation on the front side only. Within the hoop is a disk with the face of Eros framed by twisted wire.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
2nd century CE (Roman Imperial)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
earrings (jewelry)
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 1/2 in. (3.81 cm)
Source extras
cul
Roman
RelatedObjects
24229
med
gold, garnets, pearls
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6191
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ROM
JWL
exhibition_ids
2513
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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72a7e2b7ff201387
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no
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2
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photo
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19a9ac0926b43b74
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no
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photo
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no
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no