Head of a pin with lions, bees, an ionic capital, and foliage
Late fifth century B.C.
Place of ManufacturePeloponnesus, Greece
Medium/TechniqueGold
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 7.7 x 4.9 x 5.1 cm (3 1/16 x 1 15/16 x 2 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number96.717
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Said to have been found at Aigion, but also said to have been found between Patras and Pyrgos.) [this provenance applies to 96.717-96.718 and 95.1402-95.1403, all having been found together]; October 1896: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
A.D. 340–360
320–280 B.C.
300–250 B.C.
3rd century A.D.
300–250 B.C.
about 1550–1400 B.C.
about 2400 B.C.
about 2400 B.C.