Classical

Limestone votive capital

The capital combines elements of the Doric and Ionic orders. The molding between the column shaft and the square top recalls a Doric capital. Above, the volutes are rendered as simplified disks with concentric circles. The addition of the six-petalled rosettes as decoration is another unusual aspect of the capital. It is unlikely to have served as an architectural element of a building but rather, like the triangular Ionic capital in the adjacent gallery (74.51.2796), as part of a free-standing votive monument. The hollow in the top can thus be interpreted as a setting for a dedication. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 13 1/4 × 18 1/4 × 18 3/4 in., 163 lb. (33.7 × 46.4 × 47.6 cm, 73.9 kg)

Date

400 - 325 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2797

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

“From the city 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. I.3, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1378, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 434, p. 307, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.