Earring, spiral with gold lion head

Earring, spiral with gold lion head

Description:

Silver earriing with lion head of gold.


Diameter: 1 x 5/16 x 3/4 in. (2.5 x 0.8 x 1.9 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

500 - 401 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3376, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.3376