Gold diadem

Gold diadem

Description:

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)

Period:

Classical

Date:

399 - 300 BC

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.

Accession Number:

74.51.3290