Pair of gold earrings with disk and boat-shaped pendant

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ca. 330–300 BCE · Gold · Greek and Roman Art

Pair of gold earrings with elaborate disc and boat-shaped pendant, part of the Madytos Jewelry. This group of jewelry is said to have come from a tomb at Madytos on the European side of the Hellespont. The gold diadem is richly worked in repousse with an elaborate floral pattern. Dionysos, the god of wine, and his wife, Ariadne, sit in the center; muses playing musical instruments perch among the vines and along the sides. The tiny figure of a must playing a lyre also appears just above the crescent form on each of the boat-shaped earrings. The seedlike pendants of the earrings are identical to those on the elaborate necklace.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 330–300 BCE

Medium

Gold

Culture

Greek

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1906