Pair of Earrings with Ibex Head Finials

3rd century BCE

Greek

Status: On View, Gallery 152
Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Culture: Ancient Greek
Title: Pair of Earrings with Ibex Head Finials
Place: Ancient Greece (Object made in)
Date: Original 300 BCE–201 BCE
Medium: Gold and garnet
Credit Line: Gift of Miss Carolyn Wicker
Reference Number: 1937.1123a-b
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Louise Berge and Karen Alexander. “Ancient Gold Work and Jewelry from Chicago Collections.” The Ancient World Vol. 11, nos. 1 and 2 (1985), p. 14.

Art Institute of Chicago, Of Gods and Glamour: The Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art, November 11, 2012 - present.

Carolyn Wicker (1865-1945); given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1937.

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