Limestone statuette of a coursing hound seizing a hare
Description: | A lean hound, wearing a collar, seizes a hare by the hindquarters. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 2 1/4 × 6 1/2 × 1 1/8 in., 0.5 lb. (5.7 × 16.5 × 2.9 cm, 0.2 kg) |
Period: | Classical |
Date: | 499 - 300 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios |
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.525, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1149, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hull, Denison Bingham. 1964. Hounds and Hunting in Ancient Greece. pl. 13, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 359, p. 225, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 373, p. 275, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.2666 |