Limestone statue of a lion, Archaic I Cypriot — Limestone statue of a lion, Archaic I Cypriot, c. 700–650 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.2637.Open Access by the MET

Archaic I

Limestone statue of a lion

There is red paint preserved on the lips, tongue, and inside the ears. Overall: 7 1/2 × 5 × 11 1/2 in. (19.1 × 12.7 × 29.2 cm)

Classification

Object type: Stone sculpture
Motif: Lion
Material: StoneLimestone
Period: Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date: 700 - 650 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus
Findspot: Golgoi

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Accession No.

74.51.2637

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. LXXXIV.545, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1101, p. 175, 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. 305, p. 231, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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