Gold pendant in the form of a bull's head
Description: | 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 5/16 in. (3.4 cm) |
Period: | Late Bronze Age III |
Date: | 1400 - 1050 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From Cyprus |
References: | Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3119, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.3119 |