Archaic II
Gold hoop with plasma scarab
On the bezel, two sphinxes flanking a tree. Other: 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm)
Date
599 - 400 BC
Accession No.
74.51.4139
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. XXV, 12, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4139, p. 412, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 318, pp. 194-5, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.