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.