id:			148322
accession number:	1975.48.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.48.1
updated:		2025-02-09 03:50:29.778000

Earring, 400s. Ostrogothic, Migration period. Gold with garnets; overall: 3.5 x 3.4 x 1.2 cm (1 3/8 x 1 5/16 x 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John R. McKay 1975.48.1

title:				Earring
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creation date:			400s
creation date earliest:		400
creation date latest:		499
current location:		106A Migration Period & Coptic
creditline:			Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John R. McKay
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culture:	Ostrogothic, Migration period
technique:	gold with garnets
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Migration Period
type:		Jewelry
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measurements: Overall: 3.5 x 3.4 x 1.2 cm (1 3/8 x 1 5/16 x 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2007-05-10T00:00:00
	<i>Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Walters Art Gallery, Art of the Migration Period', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Year in Review 1975"', 'opening_date': '1975-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"', 'opening_date': '2007-05-10T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Dr. and Mrs. John R. McKay, Warren, Ohio.
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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein<em>. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 100-101, no. 30
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