Limestone finial of a funerary stele

Limestone finial of a funerary stele

Description:

Seated lions, rosette, and palmette.


Overall: 12 3/4 x 15 1/2 x 4 7/8 in. (32.4 x 39.4 x 12.4 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

420 - 380 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From the necropolis 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. XXVII.84, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1374, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Tatton-Brown, Veronica. 1986. "Gravestones of the Archaic and Classical Periods: Local Production and Foreign Influences." Acts of the International Archaeological Symposium Cyprus between the Orient and the Occident : Nicosia, 8-14 Sept. 1985, Prof. Vassos Karageorghis, ed. p. 449, pl. XLIX.7, Nicosia: Department of Antiquities, Cyprus.Pogiatzi, Elena. 2003. Die Grabreliefs auf Zypern: von der archaischen bis zur romischen Zeit. cat. 65, p. 158, pl. XXXVIII, Mannheim: Bibliopolis.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 475, p. 341, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2639