Gold finial ending in a lion's head - image 1

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)

Date

499 - 300 BC

Accession No.

74.51.3331

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.