Classical
Gold and copper alloy bracelet with lion-head finials
With a head of a lion on the end. Diam.: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Jewellery
- Motif
- Lion
- Materials
- MetalGold, MetalCopper and bronze
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Classical
- Date
- 499 - 400 BC
Accession No.
74.51.3558
Collection
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. I, 3, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. nos. 3558-3559, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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