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 5. BULL'S-HEAD HOOP HARKING WITH COMPLEX CONNECTING ELEMENT. BUDAPEST. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS a. right side b. leftside d. front-view 6. BULLS-HEAD 11 OOP EARRING WITH COMPLEX CONNECTING ELEMENT. BUDAPEST. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS As marks of attribution, one can also cite the shape of the catch-ring and the long arches on the connecting element. The other four earrings (see nos. 5-6, 7, 8, figs. 5/a-d., 6/a-d., 7/a-d. and 8/a-d.) are immediately related (and separated from the pieces just discussed) by the characteristic shape of their connecting elements. These are the product of a distinctive design-concept formed from the combination of a truncated cone, a ball-shaped, and a cylinder-shaped part. All share the same important detail: small straight lines visible at the edges of the "ball" part (figs. 5/e., 6/c, 7/e., 8/e.). Insight into the purpose of these lines is gained by examination of the badly damaged earring no. 8, where the sheet happens to have split apart along one of them (fig. 8/fi). Here we clearly see that the lines are narrowing cuts on the piece of sheet-gold used by the goldsmith in