Archaic II
Limestone finial of a funerary stele with a seated lion
The head is turned toward the viewer, the mouth wide open, the tongue extended, the teeth carefully shown. The body is thin, the ribs protrude; traces of the tail are visible on the side. The upper right front leg is clearly articulated. The smooth mane spreads over the top of the back and on to the chest, but is not shown on the back. Overall: 17 1/2 × 7 3/8 × 15 in. (44.5 × 18.7 × 38.1 cm)
Date
610 - 590 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2852
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. XCV.641, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1393, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Payne, Humfry. 1931. Necrocorinthia: A Study of Corinthian Art in the Archaic Period. no. 2, p. 67, fig. 74C, Oxford: Clarendon Press.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 459, p. 331, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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