Gold earring with head of a bull - image 1

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)

Date

399 - 200 BC

Accession No.

74.51.3450

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.