Limestone votive relief with a “master of lions”, Archaic II Cypriot statue

Archaic II

Limestone votive relief with a “master of lions”

Above a flat band serving as a ground line, a long-haired nude figure in right profile is sculpted in low relief. Holding them against his body, he chokes two wild animals, each standing on one of its hind legs while the other leg pushes against the hero. Overall: 16 3/4 x 19 1/4 x 4 in. (42.5 x 48.9 x 10.2 cm)

Date

550 - 501 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2875

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.627, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1395, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 438, pp. 310-11, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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