Archaic II
Limestone sphinx supporting a votive bowl
Sphinx supporting a votive bowl. H.: 5 1/8 x 3 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. (13 x 8.9 x 11.7 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Motif
- Sphinx and griffin
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 525 - 480 BC
- Findspot
- Idalion
Accession No.
74.51.2582
Collection
Provenance
- From the necropolis of Idalion
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. CVI.691, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1088, p. 169, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1940-1945. "Excavations in Cyprus, 1913." Annual of the British School at Athens, 41: pp. 66, 68.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 381, p. 279, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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