Classical
Fragment of a limestone funerary stele with a seated sphinx
Sphinx with earrings and necklaces. Overall: 12 1/2 x 14 x 4 1/2 in. (31.8 x 35.6 x 11.4 cm)
Date
460 - 440 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2597
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From a necropolis at Salamis
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.694, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1086, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 468, p. 336, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.