ear-ring
- Museum number
- 1856,0909.73
- Description
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Gold ear-ring; consists of a small gold ring from which hangs an oval garnet in a gold setting; to this is attached a rectangular gold plate, from which are suspended three egg-shaped gold settings, the outer pair filled with garnets and that in the centre with a turquoise; semi-elliptical gold pendants, hollow and open at the bottom, hung from the egg-shaped pendants.
- Production date
- 2ndC (about)
- Dimensions
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Height: 5.75 centimetres
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Width: 2 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Pair with 1856,0909.72.
- Location
- On display (G52/dc6)
- Exhibition history
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2022 6 Apr - 8 Aug, Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, The Classical World in Context: Persia
2019 11 Mar-23 Jun, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Between Parthia and Rome
1995-2003 17 Nov-Oct, BM, G52/IRAN/10
1994 16 Jun-23 Dec, BM, G49/IRAN
1975-1990 Jul-end, BM, Iranian Room [IR], case ?, no. 10 (part)
- Acquisition date
- 1856
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 1856,0909.73
