Earrings with Three Lion Heads | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2005.108.A-B
Title: Earrings with Three Lion Heads
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Pair of Triple Lion-Headed Earrings
Classification: Jewelry
Work Type: earring
Date: c. 300 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, South Italy
Period: Hellenistic period
Culture: Hellenistic
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/5312

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Gold
Technique: Cast
Dimensions: 2.1 cm (13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Leo Mildenberg, Zurich, (by 2001), sold; [through Christie's, London, October 27, 2004, lot 103], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2005.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Roy W. Lennox, David N. Silich, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year: 2005
Object Number: 2005.108.A-B
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Thick hoop earrings consist of spirals of wound wires terminating in three elaborately worked lion heads. A miniature human-headed mask is set between the double lion heads.

Exhibition History

Hellenistic Art: Objects from an Expanded World, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/03/2006 - 07/29/2007
32Q: 3440 Middle East, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 11/16/2016

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2005.108.A-B: Earrings with Three Lion Heads