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Set of Hellenistic Jewerly with a Pair of Disk Earrings with Pendants Depicting Eros (Cupid) Riding a Dolphin

Culture Greek
Title Set of Hellenistic Jewerly with a Pair of Disk Earrings with Pendants Depicting Eros (Cupid) Riding a Dolphin
Date 225–150 BCE
Medium Gold and garnet
Dimensions Object (approximate): 1 1/2 × 3/8 × 1/2 in. (3.8 × 1 × 1.3 cm)
Credit Line Burton Y. Berry Collection, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 70.105.15

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Animal heads and Eros figures are typical for jewelry of the Middle Hellenistic period. This set combines lively observation of natural details with the animated treatment of two Erotes plowing the ocean waves on the back of dolphins. This embodies nicely the lyricism which runs strongly through the Hellenistic age.


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