Archaic II

Gold leaf frontlet (band for forehead)

Addorsed palmettes Sheet gold ornaments made for the grave are decorated in low relief. The motifs were cut into a concave mold, and the sheet metal was pressed into the forms. The sheet was then cut to the desired shape. The vegetal decoration here is characteristic especially of East Greek art of the seventh century B.C. Other: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm)

Classification

Object type: Jewellery
Decoration: Repoussé and chased
Motif: Tree and sacred tree
Material: MetalGold
Period: Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date: 699 - 500 BC
Place of production: Cyprus

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Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus

References

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3295, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.3295, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 3295

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Gold leaf frontlet (band for forehead)

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