Pair of Earrings

Artist:Roman

Medium: Gold, glass, garnet

Geograhical Locations:

• Eastern Mediterranean Region

Dates:3rd century C.E.

Dimensions: 9/16 x 1 15/16 in. (1.4 x 5 cm)

Collections:

• Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Accession Number: 05.427.1-.2

Image: CUR.05.427.1-.2_overall.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Pair of gold earrings. Loop: a gold wire fastened into itself. To front face is soldered an openwork rosette enframing an oval setting (sets lost); below, an openwork bar of foliate design from which hangs 4 circular settings containing pointed garnets, and 4 glass beads, iridescent. On one earring all glass beads are missing.

Brooklyn Museum