Pair of Closed Crescent-Shaped Earrings

Vietnam

500 BCE–300 CE

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Provenance

Title: Pair of Closed Crescent-Shaped Earrings
Period: Bronze and Iron Age
Date: 500 BCE–300 CE
Culture: Vietnam
Medium: Dark green glass
Dimensions: Each: H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); W. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
Classification: Jewelry
Credit Line: Purchase, David E. Stutzman and Cynthia Hazen Polsky Gifts and Rogers Fund, by exchange, 2004
Object Number: 2004.257a, b
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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