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Earring
Earring

Earring

Date6th century
Object number67.3.2
Provenance[William H. Wolff, Inc., New York]; purchased from gallery by Seattle Art Museum (Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection and Univart funds), 1967
Exhibition HistoryLos Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Jewelry Of The Ancient World, May 20 - July 13, 1969. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Going For Gold, Nov. 3, 2012 - Dec. 8, 2013. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.Published ReferencesLos Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, "Jewelry Of The Ancient World", cat. 53 "Korean Art Collection in the Seattle Art Museum, U.S.A." Tajaon Kwangyaoksi: Kungnip Munhwaja Yaonguso, 2015, pg. 110.
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions7/8 in. (2.22 cm) L.: 2 5/16 in.
MediumGold
Earring
Korean
6th century
Object number: 67.3.1
Bird earring
Greek
4th-3rd century B.C.
Object number: 55.203
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Iranian
12th century
Object number: 61.24.1
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Iranian
12th century
Object number: 61.24.2
Chinese
19th century
Object number: 53.114.2
Chinese
19th century
Object number: 53.114.3
Hoop earring
Iranian
ca. 500-300 BCE or later
Object number: 70.84.1
Hoop earring
Iranian
6th–4th century BCE or later
Object number: 70.84.2
Earrings
Greek
late 4th century B.C.
Object number: 60.26