Limestone statuette of a lion
Description: | This recumbent lion may have broken off from a corner of the base of a statue of Herakles. H.: 6 3/4 x 10 1/2 x 5 in. (17.1 x 26.7 x 12.7 cm) |
Period: | Classical |
Date: | 400 - 300 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Necropolis of Golgoi, not “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. LXXXIV.551, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1107, p. 176, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1940-1945. "Excavations in Cyprus, 1913." Annual of the British School at Athens, 41: p. 65.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 493, p. 372, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.2627 |