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Disk earring with pendant Nike
Greek
Hellenistic Period
300–250 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Turkey (perhaps)
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Height: 4cm (1 9/16in.)
Length (wingspread): 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
Diameter (disk): 1.6cm (5/8in.)
Weight: 8.55 gm (0.02 lb.)
Length (wingspread): 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
Diameter (disk): 1.6cm (5/8in.)
Weight: 8.55 gm (0.02 lb.)
Credit Line
Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund
Accession Number1983.314
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Earrings, flares, plugs, studs
DescriptionThe winged female figure is suspended from a disk, which is embellished with a seven-petaled rosette surrounded by eight spiraling tendrils. She is virtually nude; her mantle blows out behind her, and a shawl is looped over her arms. Her hair is knotted on top of her head, and she wears earrings. In her raised right hand she carries a torch. (This earring forms a pair with 1983.315.)
(Text entry taken from J. Herrmann in "The Art of the Ancient Mediterranean World," no. 200.)
(Text entry taken from J. Herrmann in "The Art of the Ancient Mediterranean World," no. 200.)
Provenance1983, sold by Selim Dere, West Side Jewelry, Ridgewood, NJ to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 14, 1983)