COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.17.191.1-.2
AMICA Library Year:
2001
Object Type:
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality:
European; Frankish
Creator Name-CRT:
Frankish
Title:
Pair of Earrings
View:
Principal view
Creation Date:
Second half 6th c.
Creation Start Date:
550
Creation End Date:
599
Materials and Techniques:
Hoop: gold-block twisted. Polyhedral bead: gold-wrought sheet; settings-garnets (patterned foil), silver beads, sulfur backing; wire-beaded (strip twisted).
Dimensions:
D. 4.5 cm, 4.6 cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
17.191.1-.2
Credit Line:
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Provenance:
Ex coll.: J. Pierpont Morgan, New York
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.dp30525.tif
