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Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Crescent-Shaped Earring

Crescent-Shaped Earring

1000–1100

Did You Know?

Small gold cells were created to hold enamel paste of different colors; when fired, they harden and appear jewel-like.

Description

The Byzantine lady who wore this earring may also have woven similar ornaments into her hair. Those who could afford it adorned not only their body but also their clothing with glittering jewels and shimmering gold.
  • -1946
    (Mrs. Paul Mallon, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art).
    1946-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.), and Dorothy Eugenia Miner. Early Christian and Byzantine Art, An Exhibition Held at the Baltimore Museum of Art, April 25-June 22 [1947]. Baltimore: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, 1947. cat. no. 488
  • Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, MD (April 24-June 24, 1947).
  • {{cite web|title=Crescent-Shaped Earring|url=false|author=|year=1000–1100|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1946.493