A PAIR OF CYPRIOT GOLD BULL'S HEAD EARRINGS
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A PAIR OF CYPRIOT GOLD BULL'S HEAD EARRINGS

LATE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 1450-1200 B.C.

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A PAIR OF CYPRIOT GOLD BULL'S HEAD EARRINGS
LATE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 1450-1200 B.C.
Each with a hollow stylized bull's head pendant, the gold wire loop emerging from twin collared apertures at the top of the head represents the bull's horns, a cross within a circle on the forehead, with chased naturalistic details repeated on the reverse
Heads ¾ in. (1.8 cm.) long max. (2)

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PUBLISHED:
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, p. 203, pl. 233a.

Cf. V. Karageorghis, Ancient Art from Cyprus, The Cesnola Collection, New York, 2000, p. 70, no. 111, for similar bull's head pendants.