Limestone votive throne - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone votive throne

Throne with panelled back and front. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 30 1/2 × 18 1/2 × 15 in., 243 lb. (77.5 × 47 × 38.1 cm, 110.2 kg)

Date

599 - 500 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2498

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • “From a temple at Amathus”

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. LXXXV.555, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1379, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 430, pp. 304-5, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.