Gold earring - image 1

Hellenistic

Gold earring

Circlet of twisted gold wire, which tapers from the bull's head at the front end to a hooked point which passes through a loop below the animal's throat. Other: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm)

Date

350 - 200 BC

Accession No.

74.51.3429

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3429, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 480, p. 290, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.