A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD BULL HEAD EARRINGS Hellenistic Period, Circa 2nd Century B.C. Each formed from a hoop of two beaded wires and a rounded ribbon wire wound spirally around a plain wire, tapering at one end and terminating in a bull head at the other end, the tapering end secured through a hoop on the underside of the bull head, the other end extending through the top of the bull head and formed into a loop, the collar centered by a translucent green stone bead, with short filigree tongues where it joins the bull head and bands of filigree tongues, spirals and long tongues where it joins the hoop 1¼ in. (3.2 cm) long (2)
A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD BULL HEAD EARRINGS Hellenistic Period, Circa 2nd Century B.C. Each formed from a hoop of two beaded wires and a rounded ribbon wire wound spirally around a plain wire, tapering at one end and terminating in a bull head at the other end, the tapering end secured through a hoop on the underside of the bull head, the other end extending through the top of the bull head and formed into a loop, the collar centered by a translucent green stone bead, with short filigree tongues where it joins the bull head and bands of filigree tongues, spirals and long tongues where it joins the hoop 1¼ in. (3.2 cm) long (2)
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