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These earrings combine diverse artistic features-Byzantine (cloisonné enamel decoration), Kyivan Rus' (enameling in segments), and Islamic (boxlike construction)-suggesting that the artist had knowledge of several traditions. The earrings have lost their suspension loops.
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Title: One of a Pair of Crescent-Shaped Earrings with Rosettes
Date: 12th century
Culture: Kyivan Rus’ or Byzantine
Medium: Cloisonné enamel, gold
Dimensions: Overall: 2 1/8 x 2 3/8 x 9/16 in. (5.4 x 6 x 1.4 cm)
Classification: Enamels-Cloisonné
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.2052
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