One of a Pair of Crescent-Shaped Earrings with Rosettes, 12th century, Kievan Rus' or Byzantine, Cloisonné enamel, silver gilt, Overall: 2 1/16 x 2 5/16 x 1/2 in. (5.3 x 5.8 x 1.3 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, silver gilt, Overall, 2 1/16 x 2 5/16 1/2, 5.3 5.8 1.3 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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