Gold earring with head of a bull

Gold earring with head of a bull

Description:

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.


Diam.: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)

Period:

Hellenistic

Date:

350 - 200 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

References:

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.

Accession Number:

74.51.3430