Hellenistic
Gold earring with head of a bull
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)
Classification
- Object type
- Jewellery
- Motif
- Bull and cattle
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Date
- 399 - 200 BC
Accession No.
74.51.3450
Collection
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.
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