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Cesnola, Luigi Palma di [Editor]
A descriptive atlas of the Cesnola collection of Cypriote antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Band 3) — New York, 1903

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Plate XXIII.

Earrings. Gold. From tombs at Dali and a vault at Curium. Nos. i, 2, 3 and 8 are
shown reversed.

1. Earring. Length % inch.

Ruby in ribbed oval setting. Plain wire, in-hook; wire and globe pendant.

2. Earring. Length ij^ inch.

Oval setting; agate. Twisted loop ; in-hook. Wire pendant and pearl bead.

3. Earring. Length 1 inch. Oval setting; pearl (?). Empty wire pendant.

4. Earring. Length 1 inch.

Oval setting; green glass. S-hook behind. Oval pendant; convex; long axis horizontal;
setting raised at edge.

5. Earring. Length ij/g inch. Like No. 4.

6. Earring. Length 7/% inch.

Square setting; green stone. Two empty pendants. Plain hook.

7. Earring. Length 15/i6 inch.

Round setting ; ruby. Plain hook. Two empty pendants.

8. Earring. Length 15/i6 inch.

Pear-shaped setting; ruby. Ring at top. Plain loop with in-hook. Ball pendant, with
twisted shank.

9-21. Earrings; small delta (d) pattern. The collection contains twenty-three examples
of this design.

9. 10. Length i3/£, i7/ie inch. Agate bead, barrel-shaped, white and light purple.
11,12. Length 19Ae inch. Similar to foregoing, but larger.

13. 14. Length 1 inch. Purple paste bead in front.
15. Length 1 inch. Lacks bead.
 
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