id: 125210 accession number: 1947.178 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.178 updated: 2022-09-12 09:25:37.668000 Earrings (pair), 600s. Byzantium, early Byzantine period, 7th century. Gold, pearls, glass, and emeralds; overall: 10.2 x 4.5 cm (4 x 1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1947.178 title: Earrings (pair) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 600s creation date earliest: 600 creation date latest: 699 current location: 104 Late Antiquity creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Byzantium, early Byzantine period, 7th century technique: gold, pearls, glass, and emeralds department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Byzantine type: Jewelry find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 10.2 x 4.5 cm (4 x 1 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE found at Medinah el Fayoum, Egypt; (Dr. Jacob Hirsch, New York). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: This piece of jewelry was worn by a woman in the fashionable courts of Byzantium. Decorated with pearls, glass, and emeralds, these gold earrings are delicate, yet eye-catching. Do you think these chandelier-style earrings would be fashionable today? digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 58 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n25 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.178/1947.178_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.178/1947.178_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.178/1947.178_full.tif