Limestone horse with a rider hunting a lion

Limestone horse with a rider hunting a lion

Description:

Horse's fore-feet resting on crouching lion.


Other: H.:7 x W.:2 3/4 x L.:8 3/4 in. (17.8 x 7 x 22.2 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

450 - 301 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

“From a temple at Kythrea”

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. LXXX.519, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1015, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 238, p. 190, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2609