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Source Description
A gold animal-head hoop earring with a tubular hoop terminating at one end in a lion's head, the other end tapering and broken off. The lion's head is worked in repoussé with details of face and mane lightly incised.
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Document identity
localId
24853
label
Hoop Earring
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
24853
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Hoop Earring
description
A gold animal-head hoop earring with a tubular hoop terminating at one end in a lion's head, the other end tapering and broken off. The lion's head is worked in repoussé with details of face and mane lightly incised.
provenance
Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as part of the so-called ""Jugoslavian Treasure""]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
5th-4th century BCE
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
earrings (jewelry)
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2
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2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Diam: 9/16 in. (1.43 cm)
Source extras
med
repoussé gold
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6291
collection_ids
ROM
JWL
exhibition_ids
2513
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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5ae6314744f1f8c9
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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1f6f5f30bc189a61
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no
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no