Late Archaic Gold Diadem

Culture: Greek

Period: 500-400 B.C.

Material: Gold

Dimensions: 18.1 cm long

Price: Sold

Ref: 2534

Provenance: From a New York collection, acquired in the 1990s.

Condition: Apart from the creases, which are common for diadems made of gold sheet, intact and of beautiful quality.

Description: Large, particularly broad diadem of hammered gold sheet with very abundant decoration. Two bearded, winged figures, possibly male sirens, facing each other amidst floral motives, rosettes and volutes. See for the floral decoration the gold diadem in the Medelhavsmuseet in Stockholm, Sweden, with the inventory number BEK 1963.30. As well as the diadem in the Metropolitan Museum of Art with the Accession Number 06.1217.1.