(Said Motamed, Frankfurt, Germany)
1989-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Earring, 550 - 330 BCE
- Persian
Gold, faience
- Overall: 2 15/16 × 2 1/16 × 7/16 inches (7.5 × 5.2 × 1.1 cm)
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mrs. Charles C. Andrews
1989.7
Details
This earring, probably from Susa, is characteristic of jewelry of this period. When in motion, the beads tremble like a tiny chandelier and the gold surfaces brilliantly reflect the light.
"Selected recent acquisitions," Bulletin of the DIA 64, no. 4 (1989): p. 55 (ill.). Bulletin of the DIA 65, no. 2/3 (1989): p. 22, (fig. 17), (ill.). Henshaw, Julia P., ed. A Visitors Guide: The Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1995, p. 99 (ill.).
Persian; Iranian, Earring, 550 - 330 BCE, gold, faience. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mrs. Charles C. Andrews, 1989.7.
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