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Indo-Pacific Art
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Explore image in Ear Ornament
11th–14th century
Gold
5.17 × 2.81 cm, 32.245 g (2 1/16 × 1 1/8 in., 32.245 g)
Gift of Valerie and Hunter Thompson
2007.142.184
Geography:
Made in Tulungagung, Java, Indonesia
Status:
On view
Culture:
Java
Period:
Late Classic Period (ca. 1000–1400)
Classification:
Jewelry
Provenance:
The Hunter Thompson Collection of Ancient Javanese Gold; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
John Miksic, Old Javanese Gold: The Hunter Thompson Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 243, fig. 100.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
