Earring
1st century-2nd century (made)
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A pendant with a miniature vase of turquoise and stylised gold dolphins.
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Materials and techniques | Sheet gold, with applied wire and granular decoration, and turquoise |
Brief description | Gold Earring, Taxila (?), Punjab, 1st-3rd century A.D. |
Physical description | A pendant with a miniature vase of turquoise and stylised gold dolphins. |
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Object history | From the collection of Major-General H.L. Haughton, CB, CIE, CBE, 1948. A similar rosette element from an earring was sold at Bonhams, New York, 17 March 2014, lot 82. |
Historical context | These ear-rings are made from sheet gold, cut into shape and embellished with gold granules and wire decoration. Two have vase-shaped pendants set with either a turquoise or a pearl bead, and a third has a pendant composed of a gold spherical bead and a turquoise bead set in a granulated gold mount. The mounts are entirely foreign to the subcontinent and derive from Greek or Hellenistic sources; this is perhaps most obvious in the use of the dolphin motif. The exact find-place of these ear-rings is not known and the dating remains tentative. |
Production | Taxila (?), Punjab, Pakistan |
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Accession number | IS.16-1948 |
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Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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