A Pair of Gold Pendant Earrings
A Pair of Gold Pendant Earrings

THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD, SILLA KINGDOM (5TH-6TH CENTURY)

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A Pair of Gold Pendant Earrings
Three Kingdoms Period, Silla Kingdom (5th-6th century)
Composed of a c-shaped, rounded ear hoop suspending a reticulated, filigree pendant of urn shape suspending from the perimeter tiny, heart-shaped flat pieces of hammered gold and from the base a large heart-shaped flat piece of hammered gold
2in. (5.1cm.) long (2)
Provenance
Purchased from Mathias Komor, 1966.4

Lot Essay

For other pairs of earrings see Judith C. Smith, coordinating ed., Arts of Korea, exh. cat. (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999), pl. 44B; Masterpieces from Ewha Womans University Museum, exh. cat. (Seoul: Ewha Womans University Museum, 1999), pl. 8.

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