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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.501.1
Title
Pair of Earrings
Classification
Jewelry
Work Type
earring
Date
10th-8th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Luristan (Iran)
Find Spot: Middle East, Iran, Western Iran
Period
Iron Age
Culture
Iranian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/303608

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Dimensions
133.1972.A: 4.9 x 0.3 cm (1 15/16 x 1/8 in.)
133.1972.B: 4.8 x 0.3 cm (1 7/8 x 1/8 in.)
Technical Details

Technical Observations: The earrings are covered by a mottled green and black-brown patina and tan burial accretions. Each earring was cast in one piece. The ends are cut and come to an edge and point.

The earrings are not perfectly identical in their form or manufacture. On 133.1972.A, the decorative beads are all the same size, whereas on 133.1972.B, they increase in size slightly from the undecorated rod to the opposite terminal. The terminals also differ, with undecorated rods extending from both sides of 133.1972.A, which may indicate that they were not originally paired.

Francesca G. Bewer (submitted 2011)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Kurt H. Weil, Montclair, NJ (1927-1992), by descent; to Kathleen Weil-Garris Brandt, New York (1992-2023), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Professor Kathleen Weil-Garris Brandt
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.501.1
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Bronzes

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Verification Level

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