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Gold Earring with a Sphinx in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2012

Gold Earring with a Sphinx in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2012
Gold earring with a sphinx

Period: Late Classical or Hellenistic

Date: 4th–3rd century B.C.

Culture: Greek

Medium: Gold

Dimensions: Overall: 2 3/4 x 1 3/16in. (7 x 3cm)

Classification: Gold and Silver

Credit Line: Gift of Christos G. Bastis, in honor of Philippe de Montebello, 1995

Accession Number: 1995.539.6

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/256233

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