id: 125057 accession number: 1946.493 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.493 updated: 2023-03-22 14:07:58.492000 Crescent-Shaped Earring, 1000–1100. Byzantium, Constantinople?, Byzantine period, 11th century. Gold filigree with cloisonné enamel; average: 2.3 x 2.6 cm (7/8 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1946.493 title: Crescent-Shaped Earring title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1000–1100 creation date earliest: 1000 creation date latest: 1100 current location: 104 Late Antiquity creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust copyright: --- culture: Byzantium, Constantinople?, Byzantine period, 11th century technique: gold filigree with cloisonné enamel department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Byzantine type: Jewelry find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Average: 2.3 x 2.6 cm (7/8 x 1 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, MD (April 24-June 24, 1947). --- PROVENANCE (Mrs. Paul Mallon, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art). date: -1946 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1946- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Small gold cells were created to hold enamel paste of different colors; when fired, they harden and appear jewel-like. digital description: The Byzantine lady who wore this earring may also have woven similar ornaments into her hair. Those who could afford it adorned not only their body but also their clothing with glittering jewels and shimmering gold. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.), and Dorothy Eugenia Miner. Early Christian and Byzantine Art, An Exhibition Held at the Baltimore Museum of Art, April 25-June 22 [1947]. Baltimore: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, 1947. page number: cat. no. 488 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.493/1946.493_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.493/1946.493_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.493/1946.493_full.tif