Earring with a dove standing on an altar
150–100 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsGreece
Medium/TechniqueGold, garnet, and glass paste
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 5.2 x 1.2 x 2.6 cm (2 1/16 x 1/2 x 1 in.)
Credit LineHarriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession number68.5a
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Mathias Komor, 19 East 71st Street, New York 21; purchased by MFA from Mathias Komor, January 10, 1968
late 18th–early 19th century
18th century
Possibly late 18th century
19th century
1991–92
19th century
about 1981
17th–18th century
18th century
early 19th century
17th century