Pair of gold earrings with dolphins' heads with emerald, glass, and gold beads

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2nd–1st century BCE · Gold, emerald and banded glass · Greek and Roman Art

The careful modeling of the dolphin heads is done in repoussé and chasing. The hollow gold bodies are filled with a hard white core. The beads are of emerald, gold, and banded glass, collared by rings of gold granules. The hoops have a wire frame, on which the beads are also strung and around which four wires are spirally wound. The ends of the frames hook into loops below the dolphin jaws.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd–1st century BCE

Medium

Gold, emerald and banded glass

Culture

Greek

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Christos G. Bastis, in honor of Philippe de Montebello, 1995