CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GREEK GOLD DIADEM
circa 3rd century b.c.
Of hammered sheet, with fourteen rosettes attached to a band with scalloped, up-turned edges, each six-petal rosette of two tiers, the larger backing the smaller, joined to the band by a granulated sphere set in the center, each with six wires emerging from between the tiers terminating in small globes which are granulated on alternating rosettes
13 in. (33 cm.) long
circa 3rd century b.c.
Of hammered sheet, with fourteen rosettes attached to a band with scalloped, up-turned edges, each six-petal rosette of two tiers, the larger backing the smaller, joined to the band by a granulated sphere set in the center, each with six wires emerging from between the tiers terminating in small globes which are granulated on alternating rosettes
13 in. (33 cm.) long
Provenance
The Pomerance Collection
Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 10-11 July, 1989.
Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 10-11 July, 1989.
Literature
von Bothmer, Ancient Art from New York Private Collections, no. 283, pl. 102.
Keith in The Pomerance Collection of Ancient Art, no. 142.
Keith in The Pomerance Collection of Ancient Art, no. 142.
Exhibited
Paul Klapper Library, Queens College, FLushing, New York, 1958.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 17, 1959-February 28, 1960.
The Brooklyn Museum, June 14-October 2, 1966.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 1994-May 1997.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 17, 1959-February 28, 1960.
The Brooklyn Museum, June 14-October 2, 1966.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 1994-May 1997.
Sale room notice
The illustration for this lot is incorrectly identified as 245.