Gold diadem, Classical Cypriot jewelry

Classical

Gold diadem

The gold foil of which the diadem is made indicates that its use was exclusively funerary. The repoussé decoration was evidently applied to a larger sheet of foil from which the diadem was cut. Other: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)

Date

399 - 300 BC

Accession No.

74.51.3290

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3290, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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