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)
Classification
- Object type
- Jewellery
- Decoration
- Repoussé and chased
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Classical
- Date
- 399 - 300 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Accession No.
74.51.3290
Collection
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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