Byzantine
A pair of Byzantine gold earrings, circa 6th - 8th century AD
Gold
Length: 3.5 cm (excluding the pendants)
Of lunate form, with openwork design of stylised foliage flanking a cruciform medallion. Each with four loops for attachment of pendants, one surviving green glass pendant to each earring. The...
Of lunate form, with openwork design of stylised foliage flanking a cruciform medallion. Each with four loops for attachment of pendants, one surviving green glass pendant to each earring. The hoops with hook and loop closures.
Provenance
Private collection, UK, acquired in London in the 1970s