Hellenistic
Limestone incense burner on three legs
The three feet, in the shape of lion’s paws, support a circular base decorated with concave tongues. Overall: 3 15/16 x 4 1/8 in. (10 x 10.5 cm)
Date
330 BC - 300 AD
Accession No.
74.51.5159
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- 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. XCII.60, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1668, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Pfrommer, Michael. 1987. Studien zu Alexandrinischer und Grossgriechischer Toreutik frühhellenistischer Zeit, Archäologische Forschungen 16. pp. 28, 35, n. 130, 211, Berlin: Mann.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 383, p. 280, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.