Gold Earring with Garnets

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5th–6th century · Gold, garnets · Medieval Art

Hoop earrings with fourteen-sided beads derived from late Roman jewelry and were adopted in the 400s by eastern Germanic women.

Artist

Unknown

Date

5th–6th century

Medium

Gold, garnets

Culture

Ostrogothic

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1922