Gold and beryl earring
Description: | These items, all found on Cyprus, reflect styles and tastes that were prevalent throughout the Hellenistic world, notably in the use of Eros figures, animals and brightly colored gemstones. Other: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm) |
Period: | Hellenistic |
Date: | 199 - 1 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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References: | Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. XX, 12, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3609, 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. 481, p. 290, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Jackson, Monica. 2006. Hellenistic Gold Eros Jewellery: Technique, Style and Chronology, BAR International Series. pl. 24(B), 7, Oxford: Archaeopress. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.3609 |