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A pair of earrings
(زوج أقراط)

Title	A pair of earrings
Title Original	زوج أقراط
Publication Date:	5th century AH / 11th century AD
Publication Place	- Museum of Islamic Art
Subject	Gold with openwork decorations executed in the mesh style.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	القطر: 4 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	1- 2 / 13245
Record ID	object;ISL;eg;Mus01;41;ar
Library Location	Museum of Islamic Art
Date	5th century AH / 11th century AD
Notes	The piece is a pair of hoop earrings. Each hoop is locked by twisting the two ends together. Each earring is decorated with a ribbon that cuts the ring in the middle. It is decorated with a geometric formation of intertwined gold wires. Beneath this decorative strip is a drawing of two birds facing each other, their bodies decorated with golden beads, and between these two birds are three circles. Dangling from each earring is a glass bead surrounded by some small pearls.
Sample Text	Al-Sayyed Muhammad Khalifa Hammad "Pair of Earrings" in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;eg;Mus01;41;ar

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A pair of earrings

(زوج أقراط)

Publication Date 5th century AH / 11th century AD

Publication Place - Museum of Islamic Art

Subject Gold with openwork decorations executed in the mesh style.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions القطر: 4 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 1- 2 / 13245

Record ID object;ISL;eg;Mus01;41;ar

Library Location Museum of Islamic Art

Date 5th century AH / 11th century AD

Notes The piece is a pair of hoop earrings. Each hoop is locked by twisting the two ends together. Each earring is decorated with a ribbon that cuts the ring in the middle. It is decorated with a geometric formation of intertwined gold wires. Beneath this decorative strip is a drawing of two birds facing each other, their bodies decorated with golden beads, and between these two birds are three circles. Dangling from each earring is a glass bead surrounded by some small pearls.

Sample Text Al-Sayyed Muhammad Khalifa Hammad "Pair of Earrings" in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;eg;Mus01;41;ar