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Title:Gold earring
Period:Classical
Date:mid-4th century BCE
Culture:Greek
Medium:Gold
Dimensions:H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Classification:Gold and Silver
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1908
Object Number:08.258.49
[Until 1908, with Jean P. Lambros, Athens]; acquired in 1908, purchased from J.P. Lambros.
Robinson, Edward. 1909. "The Department of Classical Art: The Accessions of 1908--V Miscellaneous." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 4(7): pp. 124, 129, fig. 1.
Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1915. "Jewelry in the Metropolitan Museum of Art." Supplement to the Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10(6): p. 1.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1917. Handbook of the Classical Collection. p. 111, fig. 70, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1927. Handbook of the Classical Collection. pp. 325, 327, fig. 225, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Alexander, Christine. 1928. Jewelry: The Art of the Goldsmith in Classical Times as Illustrated in the Museum Collection. p. 31, fig. 61, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1930. Handbook of the Classical Collection. pp. 327, 329, fig. 228, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
McClees, Helen and Christine Alexander. 1933. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 5th ed. pp. 63, 65, fig. 78, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1936[1934]. A Guide to the Collections, Part 1: Ancient and Oriental Art, 2nd edn. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1939. Guide to the Collections: Ancient and Oriental Art--Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Greek and Roman Far Eastern, Near Eastern Oriental Armor, Vol. 1, World's Fair Edition. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Grancsay, Stephen V. 1940. "The Art of the Jeweler: A Special Exhibition." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 35(11): p. 216.
McClees, Helen and Christine Alexander. 1941. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 6th ed. pp. 63, 65, fig. 78, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1953. Handbook of the Greek Collection. pp. 157, 288, pl. 128e, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
Bandinelli, Ranuccio Bianchi. 1966. Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale, Vol. 7. p. 342, fig. 429, Rome: Instituto della Enciclopedia Italiana.
von Bothmer, Dietrich and Joan R. Mertens. 1982. The Search for Alexander: Supplement to the Catalogue. no. S61, p. 18, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Williams, Dyfri and Jack Ogden. 1994. Greek Gold: Jewelry of the Classical World. no. 19, p. 66, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Lapatin, Kenneth. 2015. Luxus: The Sumptuous Arts of Greece and Rome. no. 31, pp. 69, 230, pl. 31, Los Angeles, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum.
Karoglou, Kyriaki. 2018. "Dangerous Beauty : Medusa in Classical Art." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 75(3): pp. 38–39, fig. 58.
Ogden, Jack. 2024. Jewelry Technology in the Ancient and Medieval World. p. 153, fig. 9.21, Harpswell, ME: Brynmorgen Press.
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