Gold Earring
4th-5th Century
Description
Gold hoop of an earring with an attached bezel. Inside the bezel is a blue and white banded agate; a strip of twisted gold surrounds the bezel. An attachment loop on the exterior of the bezel suggests that there was more to the earring that is now lost, probably some type of pendant.
Dimensions
1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Provenance
Walton Brooks McDaniel, New Jersey (?-1943/46), gift; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1943/46-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012. Note: Walton Brooks McDaniel gave a portion of his collection to the Department of the Classics in 1943 and the rest in 1946. The Collection is named for his late wife, Alice Corinne McDaniel.
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