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 7. BULL'S-HEAD HOC)]' EARRING WITH COMPLEX CONNECTING ELEMENT, BUDAPEST, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS a. right side b. left side d. front-view 8. BULL'SH FAD HOOP EARRING WITH COMPLEX CONNECTING ELEMENT. BUDAPEST. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS the shaping of the "ball"; which is barrel-shaped rather than spherical. By means of this trick, he has successfully solved a technical problem: namely how to join further elements to the spherical part of the earring. Completely closed forms made from sheet can easily explode during soldering

—but this expedient enabled our goldsmith to avoid this problem, and so retain the piece's original design unchanged." Apart from the narrowing CLit, other similarities, barely visible to the naked eye, can also be found w

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hich link pieces 5-6 and 7.

16 The base-sheet of the connecting element has for example been scalloped along the line of egg-pattern ornament; note also that the arches of the eggpattern are decorated with punched dots; and that the cylinder part of the connecting element