Limestone incense burner on three legs - image 1

Hellenistic

Limestone incense burner on three legs

The tall stem rests on three schematic lion’s paws. There is a projection under the bowl with vertical sides, the edges of which are partially broken. H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); Diam. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)

Date

330 BC - 300 AD

Accession No.

74.51.5160

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • Necropolis 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. XCII.608, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1667, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Pfrommer, Michael. 1987. Studien zu Alexandrinischer und Grossgriechischer Toreutik frühhellenistischer Zeit, Archäologische Forschungen 16. p. 35, n. 130, 211, Berlin: Mann.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 384, pp. 280-81, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.