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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: 4.4cm (1 3/4in.)
Weight: 8.33 gm (0.02 lb.)
Credit Line Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund
Accession Number1983.315
NOT ON VIEW

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 1983.314.)

(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)