Czére Andrea szerk.: A Szépművészeti Múzeum közleményei 105. (Budapest, 2006)

MARIANNA DÁGI: Training the Eye: Technical Details as Clues in the Attribution of Ancient Jewellery

a. right side b. left side d. front-view 3. BULL'S-HEAD HOOP EARRING WITH SIMPLE CONNECTING ELEMENT. BUDAPEST. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS while hammering. On the earring pair no. 3-4, as on no. 1 and 2, the mark of the tip of the punch is sharply visible in the right ear of the bull, and missing in the left (cf. figs. 2/e-f. and 4/g-h, see also 1/e—f. and 3/h-i.). The difference points to the goldsmith having been able to strike the punch more powerfully on the right side than on the left. The similarity of the tool marks points in all four cases to the same mannerisms of tool use. It seems clear, therefore, that these technical details, taken together, suggest that both pairs of earrings were the work of a single goldsmith.

14 The features of this hand are revealed by a characteristic set of tool-marks: namely the serrated edge of the base-sheet and the trace of the punch struck with greater force on the right side, which testify to a certain lack of steadiness. a. right side b. left side d. front-view 4. BULLS-HEAD HOOP EARRING Wl I H SI M ['LE CONNECTING ELEMENT. BUDAPEST. MUSEUM OF FINE ARIS