ear-ring
- Museum number
- AF.338
- Description
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Pair of loop-earrings; gold and enamel; upper part a plain wire, springing from a hollow bead on each side; the lower a segment of circle filled on both sides with cloisonné enamel in blue, green and white; on one side three birds with twigs, on the other a bird between scrolls; on the outside edges, radiating pins with pearls, alternating with pyramids of pellets; a disc is fixed to the inner edge with similar enamelled decoration; on one side a bird with branch, on the other a flower; pearls have been threaded around the enamel, but the loops only remain.
- Production date
- 10thC-11thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 45 millimetres
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Length: 47 millimetres
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Weight: 14 grammes (each earring weighs the same)
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Width: 37 millimetres
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Width: 38 millimetres
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Depth: 7 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Parallels: P. Langó, "Crescent-Shaped Earrings with Lower Ornamental Band", in: F. Daim & J. Drautschke (eds), Byzanz - das Römerreich im Mittelalter, vol. 3 (Mainz 2010) 369-410, esp. 385-388 (type 3); A. Drandaki et al., Heaven & Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections (Athens 2013) cat. 139-143.
- Location
- On display (G41/dc14/sB)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2012-2013 Nov-Mar, Bonn, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle, Treasures of the World's Cultures
1997 3 Mar-6 Jul, USA, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Glory of Byzantium
1992 23 Mar-21 Jun, Germany, Speyer, Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Die Salier und ihr Reich
- Condition
- Pearls missing.
- Acquisition date
- 1897
- Acquisition notes
- Formerly in the Burges Collection
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- AF.338
