Fragment of a limestone funerary stele with a recumbent lion

Fragment of a limestone funerary stele with a recumbent lion

Description:

The lion is recumbent to the right, the front paws crossed.


Overall: 13 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 15 in. (34.3 x 13.3 x 38.1 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

420 - 301 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. XCV, 637, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1394, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Pogiatzi, Elena. 2003. Die Grabreliefs auf Zypern: von der archaischen bis zur romischen Zeit. cat. 26, p. 125, pl. XVII, Mannheim: Bibliopolis.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 463, p. 333, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2649