Ear-Rings
Sculpture
1st-2nd century A.D. (made)
1st-2nd century A.D. (made)
Earrings with a pearl and three seed pearls and gold dolphins
This gold earring is arranged in two main portions, the upper having a pearl spacer to a small old finial on top and a ring flanked by two fishes below, from which hang three golden chains each having a small pendant pearl.
This gold earring is arranged in two main portions, the upper having a pearl spacer to a small old finial on top and a ring flanked by two fishes below, from which hang three golden chains each having a small pendant pearl.
Object details
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Title | Ear-Rings (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Gold |
Brief description | Earrings, Gold, Taxila (?), Punjab, 1st-3rd century A.D |
Physical description | Earrings with a pearl and three seed pearls and gold dolphins This gold earring is arranged in two main portions, the upper having a pearl spacer to a small old finial on top and a ring flanked by two fishes below, from which hang three golden chains each having a small pendant pearl. |
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Object history | From the collection of Major-General H.L. Haughto, CB, CIE, CBE., 1948 |
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.19-1948 |
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Record created | February 13, 2000 |
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