Gilt bronze spiral with griffin terminal
Description: | 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) |
Period: | Classical |
Date: | 400 - 350 BC |
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. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.3369 |