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Pair of Ear Clips with Pale Red Stones and Granulate Design

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gold earrings with a granulated design and two pale red stones. The earrings are shaped like flowers with rounded bumps around the edges. The stones are set in a gold bezel. The earrings are lying on a gray surface, one earring is on its side with the clasp visible, and the other earring is upright but missing its back.

Artwork details

Date:
Second half of the 8th–second half of the 10th century
Medium:
Gold
Culture:
Indonesia (Java)
Dimensions:
599 × 403 px
Museum record:
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