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Pair of earrings
Modern
Medium/Technique
Gold and glass
Dimensions
Width: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Seth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession Number66.270
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Earrings, flares, plugs, studs
DescriptionPair of gold earrings inlaid with blue glass. Each sphere has a symmetrical arrangement of five pieces of glass, four oval around one round. The looped ear attachment stems from another oval stone. The backs are undecorated. The pieces of glass are faceted on the back and are held in place with red paste, which can be seen on some. Encrustation on both gold and glass. One attachment is loose.
Modern.
Modern.
ProvenanceSaid to come from Asia Minor; by date unknown: with Mathias Komor, 19 East 71st Street, New York, N.Y. 10021; purchased by MFA from Mathias Komor, May 11, 1966