Classical

Gold finial ending in a lion's head

The object may have been one of the finials of a bracelet with an animal's head at each end of the hoop. This type of jewelry was common through much of the Mediterranean world including Cyprus. Other: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)

Classification

Object type: Jewellery
Motif: Lion
Material: MetalGold
Period: Iron AgeCypro-Classical
Date: 499 - 300 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus

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Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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, 34, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3331, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.3331, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 3331

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Gold finial ending in a lion's head

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