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Head in wood
Etruscan mirror
Sarcophagus lid
Slab of a Volterra urn
Crater with columns
Kylix
Fragment of relief with Brahmanical ascetics
Monaco
False shelf (Nāgadanta) figured
False shelf (Nāgadanta) figured
Curvilinear relief fragment with scenes from the life of the Buddha
Standing Buddha statue
Head of the Buddha
Parthenopaios crater
Oinochoe con Hermes e Nike
Oinochoe with Hermes and Nike (detail)
Lebes gamikos
Crater of the Ghiottoni
Crater with representation of the myth of Orestes
Fragment of Euphronius
Shield umbone
Pair of earrings and ring
Crosses in gold foil
Sword grip
Solid of Emperor Phocas
Pair of fibulae
Fibbia Gota
Signet ring
Head of Jupiter
Floor
Lovere cup
Floor A
Floor B
Painted altar
Trivulzio Diatreta Cup
Patera (dish) from Parabiago
Heracles at rest
Portrait (possibly Maximian)
Theatrical mask from Caesarea Maritima
Nymph with peplum
Volute oil lamp with figured disc
Epigraph of Pontius Pilate
Lucky fisherman statue
Treasury of Caesarea Maritima
Head in wood
Etruscan mirror
Sarcophagus lid
Slab of a Volterra urn
Crater with columns
Kylix
Fragment of relief with Brahmanical ascetics
Monaco
False shelf (Nāgadanta) figured
False shelf (Nāgadanta) figured
Curvilinear relief fragment with scenes from the life of the Buddha
Standing Buddha statue
Head of the Buddha
Parthenopaios crater
Oinochoe con Hermes e Nike
Oinochoe with Hermes and Nike (detail)
Lebes gamikos
Crater of the Ghiottoni
Crater with representation of the myth of Orestes
Fragment of Euphronius
Shield umbone
Pair of earrings and ring
Crosses in gold foil
Sword grip
Solid of Emperor Phocas
Pair of fibulae
Fibbia Gota
Signet ring
Head of Jupiter
Floor
Lovere cup
Floor A
Floor B
Painted altar
Trivulzio Diatreta Cup
Patera (dish) from Parabiago
Heracles at rest
Portrait (possibly Maximian)
Theatrical mask from Caesarea Maritima
Nymph with peplum
Volute oil lamp with figured disc
Epigraph of Pontius Pilate
Lucky fisherman statue
Treasury of Caesarea Maritima

Pair of earrings and ring

Anonymous

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Civic Archaeological Museum of Milan

Civic Archaeological Museum of Milan

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The jewels were found in Campione d’Italia (Como) during excavations at the church of San Zenone, the funerary chapel of the Longobard family of the Totoni, attested by archival sources between 721 and 810. In 777 an exponent of the family, Totone II, donated all his possessions to the basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan, including his house in Campione and the church of San Zenone, and from this donation derives the particular legal status of the town, still today an Italian enclave on Swiss territory. The owner of these objects was buried at the same time as other family members in one of the family's graves, who probably died following a catastrophe or an epidemic. The earrings are made up of suspension rings richly adorned with rows of garnets and pearls, while the blue glass pendants are placed in cages of gold threads embellished with finely crafted beads and golden elements. The ring is characterized by a bezel enriched with gold globes and containing a blue glass paste.
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Title: Pair of earrings and ring

Author: Anonymous

Date: 7th century

Technique: Gold, pearls, garnets, glass and glass paste

Displayed in: Civic Archaeological Museum of Milan

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