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"Sappho" Earring
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Earring. Rosette with garnet in center supports four chains which attach to platform containing small female playing lyre among trefoil leaves. At corners of platform, four volutes suspend ribbed ball pendants. Beneath platform, five balls and finial.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Reportedly from a hoard found near Halmyros (ancient Halos) Greece 1929 [1]. David M. Robinson Baltimore MD (by 1953) bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum 1960.
[1] Robinson D.M. 1953. "Unpublished Greek Gold Jewelry and Gems." American Journal of Archaeology 57 (1):5-19.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of David M. Robinson
Title: "Sappho" Earring
Description:
Earring.
Rosette with garnet in center supports four chains which attach to platform containing small female playing lyre among trefoil leaves.
At corners of platform, four volutes suspend ribbed ball pendants.
Beneath platform, five balls and finial.
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