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

On View

  • Ancient Middle East Gallery, Level 1, West

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

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.

(Said Motamed, Frankfurt, Germany)

1989-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

"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.