Earring with Nike driving a two-horse chariot

Unknownabout 350 B.C. - 325 B.C.

A masterly sculpture in miniature, this earring was probably created to adorn a cult statue or the tomb of a fashionable woman.

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Title: Earring with Nike driving a two-horse chariot
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: about 350 B.C. - 325 B.C.
Physical Dimensions: h50 mm
Type: Jewelry / Adornment-Earrings, Flares, Plugs, Studs
Rights: Henry Lillie Pierce Fund. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. All Rights Reserved.
External Link: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/earring-with-nike-driving-a-two-horse-chariot-155707
Medium: Gold
Period, era, dynasty, reign: Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period

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