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 |