Gold earring with head of a bull
Description: | Most of the raw materials for Cypriot jewelry came from the East. Gold became plentiful in the Late Bronze Age, when Syria and Egypt were the primary sources. This earring is a Cypriot creation, an ornament in the form of a bull's head. Other: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm) |
Period: | Late Bronze Age III |
Date: | 1400 - 1050 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From Cyprus |
References: | Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3131, 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. 111, p. 70, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Picón, Carlos A. 2007. Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome no. 273, pp. 235, 460, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.3131 |