Limestone votive square capital - image 1

Classical

Limestone votive square capital

Votive capital decorated with three bands of triangles, branches in relief and rosettes and ivy leaves on the top. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 11 × 12 × 12 in., 62 lb. (27.9 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm, 28.1 kg)

Date

500 - 301 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2798

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. I.2, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1377, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 432, p. 306, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.