Earring

2nd-3rd century H: 1 5/16 in. (3.33 cm) Citation Source image

The wire hoop has a beaded, tear-drop shield set with a conical garnet. The "vase" or "lantern" shaped pendant is made of two hollow hemispheres slipped over a cylindrical core and kept apart by nine struts of twisted wire. Granules dot the sheet gold and "handles" ornament th...

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31643
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object
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normalized
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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3
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Terms

संस्कृति
Roman
माध्यम
gold, garnet

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