Some of my favorite pieces of at the Met are in the Roman, Etruscan, and Greek jewelry collections. The simple, hand forged earrings and rings with rock crystal (I love all the rock crystal!), agate and other polished stones always make me want to go straight home and hammer some metal. Everything is technologically simple, but also has a beautiful sophistication, and of course, I'm always enamored with the immense volume of gold in the collections!
Here's that elegant and simple construction
Look at all the gold!
I love these earrings.
There are a lot of earrings and rings with animal heads: rams, dogs, dolphins, lions.
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