Antilope's head hoop earring

Classification

earring

Culture

Greek (culture)

Dimensions

55.172.1: diameter (inside): 1.6 cm, diameter (outside): 2.4 cm, weight: 4.78 g; 55.172.2: diameter (inside): 1.65 cm, diameter (outside): 2.25 cm, weight: 4.76 g

Date

2nd century B.C.

Period

Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)

Material

gold ; malachite

Iconography

antilope

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Budapest, Museum of Applied Arts

Inventory

55.172.1-2

Hyp-1736

References

Oroszlán–Dobrovits 1947, 27, no. 9, pl. 19; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 72; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 80

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.