Earring with Dolphin Head Finial

3rd-2nd century BCE

Greek, Hellenistic

Originally one of a pair, this earring is formed from gold wire that is strung with one gold, one glass and one sardonyx (stone) bead; and terminates in the form of a dolphin head.

Status: On View, Gallery 152
Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium

Culture: Ancient Greek
Title: Earring with Dolphin Head Finial
Place: Ancient Greece (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 300 BCE–101 BCE
Medium: Gold, glass, and sardonyx
Dimensions: Diam.: 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Robert H. Fleming
Reference Number: 1894.483
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Thomas George Allen, A Handbook of the Egyptian Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), p. 112.
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, nos. 1 and 2.

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

The Art Institute of Chicago, acquired in 1894; price reimbursed by Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Robert H. Fleming.

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