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Pair of Earrings   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (Byzantine Empire)Unknown author
Title
Pair of Earrings
Description
English: These dramatic, colorful earrings were most likely made in Constantinople, perhaps as an imperial gift to a Visigothic ruler of medieval Spain, where the earrings were found. The Visigoths, a migratory group that ultimately settled in Spain, had by the 6th century established trade and diplomatic contacts with the Byzantine court, whose jewelry they much admired.
Date circa 600 (Early Medieval)
Medium gold, pearls, and semiprecious stones
Dimensions 11.2 × 4.4 × 2.5 cm (4.4 × 1.7 × 0.9 in)
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
57.560, 57.561
Place of creation Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey) (?)
Object history
  • [Found in Estremadura]
  • Henri Daguerre, Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase
  • Henry Walters, Baltimore, October, 1930, by purchase
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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