Earring



Earring

Χ-Α592
Metal (Gold)
Intact
Length: 7 cm.
Kalo Chorio, Merambello
Hellenistic period:
200-100 BC:
Gallery:
XXII
Case:
220
Exhibition thematic unit:
Classical - Hellenistic - Roman period (5th c. BC-4th c. AD). The Cemeteries
Jewellery
Description
Gold hook earring from which are suspended two elements: a twelve-petalled rosetted and a winged Nike (Victory), carved in the round in vivid flight. This goddess is often portrayed in Hellenistic jewellery in Greece.
Bibliography:
Unpublished. For parallels see: Oliver Andrew Jr., Greek, Roman and Etruscan Jewelry. Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 24 (9): p. 278, fig. 17
Author:
M. K.


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