Crescent-shaped earrings with balls and granulation
Earrings consisting of a hoop with a crescent-shaped array of granulated triangles and additional filagree and granulation are known from Egypt and Syria and considered mid to late Roman.
Artwork Details
- Title: Crescent-shaped earrings with balls and granulation
- Period: Roman Period
- Date: A.D. 2nd century
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: gold
- Dimensions: W: 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
- Object Number: 25.2.12a, b
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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