Gold Earring
1st-3rd century
Description
Gold earring comprising a dented hoop with granulated decoration soldered on and a long pendant with an amethyst terminal. The pendant, attached to the hoop by a twisted wire, consists a triangular sheet with raised repousse pattern, joined with hooks to the final section bearing the irregular polyhedral amethyst.
Dimensions
4.4 x 0.8 cm (1 3/4 x 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Walton Brooks McDaniel, New Jersey (?-1943/46), gift; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1943/46-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012. Note: Walton Brooks McDaniel gave a portion of his collection to the Department of the Classics in 1943 and the rest in 1946. The Collection is named for his late wife, Alice Corinne McDaniel.
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