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Met Bestseller - Cypriot Rock Crystal Earrings

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For more than 2,000 years Cyprus has been a way station for ships circulating around the eastern Mediterranean. The exposure of Cypriot craftsmen to foreign artistic styles from both East and West is reflected in the distinctive hybrid forms of jewelry that, by the Classical period (475–325 B.C.), represent an amalgam of Greek, Near Eastern, and indigenous styles. Boat-shaped earrings were popular throughout the classical world, and many variations were produced on Cyprus. An original pair of earrings in the Museum’s collection features carnelians mounted in gold settings that are worked in delicate filigree. They are embellished with granulation, an ancient form of ornamentation in which tiny grains of gold (or other precious metal) are fused to an underlying surface metal. The high level of execution of the earrings is characteristic of classical Cypriot jewelry. Our earrings are adapted from the originals, which were made in a style particularly favored in Cyprus during the 5th and 4th centuries B.C.

Sterling silver, lightly antiqued, with rock crystal. Pierced, with 14K white gold ear wires.
Large earrings: Length 1 3/16 in.
Small earrings: Length 7/8 in.

Cypriot Rock Crystal Earrings
09-075342
Member Price: $121.50 each
Non-Member Price: $135.00 each

Small Cypriot Rock Crystal Earrings
09-072471
Member Price: $112.50 each
Non-Member Price: $125.00 each

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