Limestone finial of a funerary stele with two seated lions

Limestone finial of a funerary stele with two seated lions

Description:

Two lions sit back to back on a cavetto finial decorated with a disk and a crescent, the points of which turn downward. The lions’ heads are turned toward the viewer, their mouths open and tongues extended.


H.: 23 1/2 x 35 1/2 in., 9.5 cm (59.7 x 90.2 x 9.5 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

550 - 526 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From the necropolis of Amathus

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.642, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1389, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Pogiatzi, Elena. 2003. Die Grabreliefs auf Zypern: von der archaischen bis zur romischen Zeit. cat. 1, pp. 5-6, 77, 83, 105, pl. I, Mannheim: Bibliopolis.Stylianou, Andreas and Patrick Schollmeyer. 2007. "Der Sarkophag aus Golgoi." Dynastensarkophage mit szenischen Reliefs aus Byblos und Zypern: Der Sarkophag aus Amathous als Beispiel kontaktinduzierten Wandels, 2. p. 204f n. 69-71, pl. 49b, Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 460, pp. 331-32, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2865