Earring

34-1-1

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Cyprus

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 34-1-1
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Cypriot
Provenience Cyprus
Period Hellenistic Period
Date Made 425-400 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold
Technique Hellenistic Period
Description

Complete Hollow. Ring type. Ring: fine wire twisted spirally around a core. End: head and neck of bull; chased details; on one, horn broken, other complete; eyes pierced once filled with glass paste or enamel; neck, collar of leaves with filigree outline.

Thickness 0.5 cm
Outside Diameter 2.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. William Boyce Thomson, 1934

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