Earring

34-1-2

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Cyprus

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 34-1-2
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Cypriot
Provenience Cyprus
Date Made 499-400 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold
Description

Earring with broken horn. Hollow. Ring type. Ring: fine wire twisted spirally around a core. End: head and neck of bull; chased details; on one, horn broken, other complete; eyes pierced once filled with glass paste or enamel; neck, collar of leaves with filigree outline.

Thickness 0.5 cm
Outside Diameter 2.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. William Boyce Thomson, 1934

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