Gold pendant in the form of a bull's head - image 1

Late Bronze Age III

Gold pendant in the form of a bull's head

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. These earrings are a Cypriot creation, an ornament in the form of a bull's head. L. 1 3/16 in. (3.1 cm)

Date

1400 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

74.51.3126

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3126, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.