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Title	Open-Ring Brooch
Date	early 800s 9th century
Medium	Silver, cast and partially gilded; amber cabochons
Classification	Metalwork-Silver
Origin	Pictish or Irish
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Purchase, Rogers Fund, and Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, 1981
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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