Hoop earring with a lion head
3rd–mid 3rd century B.C.
Place of ManufactureTaranto, Apulia, Italy
Medium/TechniqueGold, glass (paste)
DimensionsOverall: 2.3 cm (7/8 in.)
Overall: 4.25 gm (0.01 lb.)
Overall: 4.25 gm (0.01 lb.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession number01.8161
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Sicily.); December 1901: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
3rd century B.C.
late 4th–early 3rd century B.C.
early 6th to early 7th century
150–100 B.C.
5th century A.D., incorporating a cameo of the 1st-2nd centuries A.D.
150–100 B.C.
Early 2nd century B.C.
110–10 B.C.