Classical
Limestone finial of a funerary stele with a recumbent lion and a banquet scene
Lion above; banquet with two men, two children. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 23 × 23 3/4 × 7 1/4 in., 139 lb. (58.4 × 60.3 × 18.4 cm, 63 kg)
Date
499 - 300 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2844
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From the necropolis of Golgoi
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. CXXI.901, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1383, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Pogiatzi, Elena. 2003. Die Grabreliefs auf Zypern: von der archaischen bis zur romischen Zeit. cat. 29, pp. 126-8, pl. XVIII, Mannheim: Bibliopolis.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 481, pp. 346-47, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.