Pair of Earrings in the Form of Erotes
Artist
Unknown Greek
CultureGreek
Titles
- Pair of Earrings in the Form of Erotes
Date300–101 BC
PlaceGreece
MediumGold
DimensionsEach, with hanging hook: 1 7/8 × 3/8 × 1/4 in. (4.8 × 1 × 0.6 cm)
Each, without hanging hook: 1 3/8 × 3/8 × 1/4 in. (3.5 × 1 × 0.6 cm)
Each, without hanging hook: 1 3/8 × 3/8 × 1/4 in. (3.5 × 1 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number37.42.1,.2
Non exposé
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Exhibition History"Ten Centuries that Shaped the West," The Rice Institute for the Arts, Houston, October 15, 1970–January 3, 1971; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, February 3–April 1, 1971; Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, May 16–July 11, 1971.
"The Search for Alexander: An Exhibition," traveling to: National Gallery of Art, 11/16/1980 - 4/5/1981; Art Institute of Chicago, 5/14 - 9/7/1981; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 10/23/1981 - 1/10/1982; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2/19 - 5/16/1982; New Orleans Museum, 6/24 - 9/19/1982; Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10/30/1982 - 2/10/1983; Royal Ontario Art Museum, 3/5 - 7/10/1983 (LN:80.8)
"Alexander the Great, King of the Macedonians," Onassis Cultural Center, New York, N.Y., 9 December 2004 - 28 May 2005. (OL.210)
Published References Deppert-Lippitz, Barbara. Griechischer Goldschmuck. Mainz am Rhein: P. von Zabern, 1985. Pg. 230 pl. 166. Gialoures, Nikolaos. The Search for Alexander: An exhibition. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1980. Pg. 139 no. 72. Hoffman, Herbert. Ten Centuries that Shaped the West: Greek and Roman Art in Texas Collections. Houston: Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1971. Fig. 216.
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Unknown Greek
530–510 BC
Terracotta
80.94
Unknown Greek
560–550 BC
Terracotta with slip
34.129
