One of a Pair of Crescent-Shaped Earrings with Rosettes, 12th century, Kievan Rus' or Byzantine, Cloisonné enamel, gold, Overall: 2 1/8 x 2 3/8 x 9/16 in. (5.4 x 6 x 1.4 cm), Enamels-Cloisonné, These earrings combine diverse artistic features-Byzantine (cloisonné enamel decoration), Kievan Rus' (enameling in segments), and Islamic (boxlike construction)-suggesting that the artist had knowledge of several traditions
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Pair, Crescent-Shaped Earrings, Rosettes, 12th century, Kievan Rus, Byzantine, Cloisonné enamel, gold, Overall, 2 1/8 x 2 3/8 9/16, 5.4 6 1.4 cm, Enamels-Cloisonné, earrings, combine, diverse, artistic, features-Byzantine, cloisonné, decoration, enameling, segments, Islamic, boxlike construction, -suggesting, artist, knowledge, several traditions
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