Archaic II
Limestone votive relief with a lion killing a bull and two human figures
Above the flat band serving as a ground line is a wild animal standing on its hind legs, only one of which touches the ground. He grips the throat of a bovid, the body of which is slightly raised. Overall: 17 3/4 × 26 1/8 × 3 3/4 in. (45.1 × 66.3 × 9.5 cm)
Date
550 - 501 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2878
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios
References
- Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 773, p. 50, pl. XI.9, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1877. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in That Island. pl. XLVIII, London: John Murray.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. XCIV.626, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1396, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 437, pp. 310-11, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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