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Crescent-Shaped Earring
1000–1100
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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- Title: Crescent-Shaped Earring
- Date Created: 1000–1100
- Physical Dimensions: Average: 2.3 x 2.6 cm (7/8 x 1 in.)
- Provenance: (Mrs. Paul Mallon, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)., The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Jewelry
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.493
- Medium: gold filigree with cloisonné enamel
- Fun Fact: Small gold cells were created to hold enamel paste of different colors; when fired, they harden and appear jewel-like.
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: Byzantium, Constantinople?, Byzantine period, 11th century
- Credit Line: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Collection: MED - Byzantine
- Accession Number: 1946.493
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