Limestone head of a lion from a votive stele (?)

Limestone head of a lion from a votive stele (?)

Description:

The head of a large lion is turned to the left. The mane is smooth, the mouth open, the tongue extended, and the teeth clearly shown.


Overall: 8 x 5 1/2 x 7 in. (20.3 x 14 x 17.8 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

520 - 480 BC

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. LXXXIV.548, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1391, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 366, p. 271, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2635