Gold crescent-shaped earring - image 1

Classical

Gold crescent-shaped earring

Crescent-shaped earrings occur on Cyprus with greater or less embellishment. The majority are probably Roman. Other: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)

Date

499 BC - 99 AD

Accession No.

74.51.3889

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3889, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.