Posted on: 3 December 2012

Gold Earring, Taxila, Panjab, 1st-2nd century A.D

These ear-rings are made from sheet gold, cut into shape and embellished with gold granules and wire decoration. Two have vase shaped pendants set with either a turquoise or a pearl bead, and a third has a pendant composed of a gold spherical bead and a tirquoise bead set in a granulated gold mount. The mounts are entirely foriegn to the subcontinent and derive from Greek or Hellenistic sources; this is perhaps most obvious in the use of the dolphin motif. The exact find-place of these ear-rings is not known and the dating remains tentative.

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Very artistic!!

"Raghunath Bhatta surrendered himself to Govinda’s lotus feet and those lotus feet were the only thing which gave his life meaning. In time, Raghunath Bhatta ordered his disciples to construct a temple for Govinda. He himself made various ornaments for the deity, including a flute and DOLPHIN-SHAPED EARRINGS." http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/editorials/parishads/parishads28.htm "Lord Kṛṣṇa made Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī close Her eyes in shame before Her friends by His words relating Their amorous activities on the previous night. Then He showed the highest limit of cleverness in drawing pictures of DOLPHINS in various playful sports on Her breasts. In this way Lord Hari made His youth successful by performing pastimes in the bushes with Śrī Rādhā and Her friends." http://caitanya-caritamrta.com/?g=83519

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Wow!

The quality of gold is so much different than that of now!!

"Dolphins" from 2nd century as definitive hellenistic sources ? ....Dolphins motifs are visible all over minoan crete (3500 to 1500 BC) - pre-hellenistic phase. Also, Ashwin dolphins were very much part of sub-continental myth ...

Great

awesome pick.......................really crude

Habba habba!

Beautiful, amazing craftsmanship.

Amazing ahe!! We had been to Hampi-Badami recently ... Missed u a lot!!