Gold earring
- Chinese name
- 金耳环
- Pinyin
- Date
- Ming Dynasty
- Medium
- Gold
- Dimensions
- diameter 3.8 cm
- Accession no.
- 26.202.4
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A gold earring of the Ming dynasty, 3.8 cm in diameter. The ring form requires a pierced earlobe: it is worn through the ear rather than clipped to it or suspended from the hair. Gold earrings of this kind are documented in Ming burials in some quantity.