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| Keywords: Greek - Greek Hoop Earring with Lion Head - Walters 571665 - Profile.jpg Hoop earrings worn in pairs with animal-head finials were popular during the Hellenistic period This lion-headed example represents the common type which appeared in many different sizes To create the body of the hoop very thin wire is wound around a tapering core of gold The earring is fastened by hooking the thin end of the hoop through a hoop in the lion's mouth century 4 3 BC Hellenistic gold cm 2 1 l accession number 57 1665 28412 Henry Walters New York date of acquisition unknown by purchase Sadie Jones Mrs Henry Walters New York 1931 by inheritance Sale Joseph Brummer New York 1941 Walters Art Museum 1941 by purchase Museum purchase formerly part of the Walters Collection 1941 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2009 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry El Paso Museum of Art El Paso 2010 place of origin western Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek art in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
