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Diadem and gold necklace from The Madytos jewelry
Greek, ca. 330-300 B.C.
Pediment shaped gold diadem
Pair of gold earrings with disk and boat shaped pendant
gold strap necklace with seedlike pendants
gold necklace of beads and tubes
gold snake ring
seven gold rosettes
Rogers fund, 1906
This group of jewelry is said to have come from a tomb at Madytos on the European side of the Hellespont. The gold diadem is richly worked in repousse with an elaborate floral pattern. Dionysos, the god of wine, and his wife, Ariadne, sit in the center; muses playing musical instruments perch among the vines along the sides. The tiny figure of a muse playing a lyre also appears just above the crescent form on each of the boat shaped earrings. The seedlike pendants of the earrings are identical to those on the elaborate necklace.
IMG_6599
Diadem and gold necklace from The Madytos jewelry
Greek, ca. 330-300 B.C.
Pediment shaped gold diadem
Pair of gold earrings with disk and boat shaped pendant
gold strap necklace with seedlike pendants
gold necklace of beads and tubes
gold snake ring
seven gold rosettes
Rogers fund, 1906
This group of jewelry is said to have come from a tomb at Madytos on the European side of the Hellespont. The gold diadem is richly worked in repousse with an elaborate floral pattern. Dionysos, the god of wine, and his wife, Ariadne, sit in the center; muses playing musical instruments perch among the vines along the sides. The tiny figure of a muse playing a lyre also appears just above the crescent form on each of the boat shaped earrings. The seedlike pendants of the earrings are identical to those on the elaborate necklace.