Hellenistic
Limestone votive Ionic capital
The unusual triangular shape and the presence of a hollow in the top probably indicate that this Ionic capital was part of a votive monument rather than an architectural element of a building. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 10 1/8 × 27 3/4 × 23 1/2 in., 163 lb. (25.7 × 70.5 × 59.7 cm, 73.9 kg)
Date
300 - 1 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2796
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- “From the city 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. I.1, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1376, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 433, p. 307, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.