ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art
Pair of Earrings
AAT Object Form/Functionpendant earrings
Place FoundAsia
CultureCanaanite
PeriodMiddle Bronze Age
Datemid 2nd Millennium BCE
MediumGold
Credit LineGift of Anne Cox Chambers
Dimensions2 1/4 x 7/8 in. (5.7 x 2.2 cm)
Object number2009.009.005A/B
Exhibition HistoryRecent Gifts of Anne Cox Chambers, Michael C. Carlos Museum, March 13 - March 31, 2009MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, May 15, 2013 - February 12, 2018
Michael C. Carlos Museum Morgens West Foundation Galleries of Ancient Near Eastern Art, November 10, 2018 - Present
ProvenanceWith Momjian, Jerusalem, late 1960s. Ex coll. Ambassador Edward Elliott Elson, United States. Purchased by MCCM from Christie's New York, December 9, 2008, lot 213.
Status
On viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
3rd Millennium BCE
1st Millennium BCE
1539-1077 BCE
2nd-3rd Century CE
850-1500 CE
1st-2nd Century CE
1st-2nd Century CE
4th Century BCE-2nd Century CE
27 BCE-393 CE
3rd-5th Century CE
3rd Century CE
