Gilt bronze spiral with griffin terminal - image 1

Classical

Gilt bronze spiral with griffin terminal

Such spirals, which often come in pairs, may have been used as earrings or to hold locks of hair. Other: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

Date

400 - 350 BC

Accession No.

74.51.3369

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3369, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.