Limestone votive statuette of a hound seizing a hare - image 1

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Limestone votive statuette of a hound seizing a hare

This statue may have been a gift for a hunter. Traces of red paint remain on the mouth and collar of the hound and on the hare's ears. L. 6 1/2 in (16.5 cm); H. 2 3/8 in (6 cm)

Date

480 - 1 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2664

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios

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. LXXX.523, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1150, p. 182, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 374, p. 275, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.