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 3/16 in. (3 cm)

Period:

Hellenistic

Date:

399 - 200 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3450, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.3450