Classical
Gold pendant in the form of a lion's head
Control bead in the shape of a lion's head. Diam.: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Jewellery
- Motif
- Lion
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Classical
- Date
- 450 - 400 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Accession No.
74.51.3327
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. IV, 36, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. p. 387, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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