About the Artwork
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.
Earring
550 - 330 BCE
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Persian
Unknown
Gold, faience
Overall: 2 15/16 × 2 1/16 × 7/16 inches (7.5 × 5.2 × 1.1 cm)
Jewelry
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mrs. Charles C. Andrews
1989.7
Public Domain
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Provenance
(Said Motamed, Frankfurt, Germany)
1989-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.
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"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.).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
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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