Article · 1991

A Cypriote centaur figurine rediscovered

Vassos Karageorghis

Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 15

Excavations it is cited for

1 project

1876–1878Salamis and Enkomi: Alessandro Palma di Cesnola's excavationsDirected by Alessandro (Alexander) Palma di Cesnola and Lazaris Philippi (supervisor on Cesnola's behalf)Clearance and early digging

12 records

Edwin Henry LawrenceOwned
The terracotta figurine formed part of the Edwin Lawrence Collection.
No. Inv. n°1990/I-23/1
p. 25
Henri HoffmannSold
O. Masson ascertained that H. Hoffmann sold the figurine in Paris on 1-2 April 1885.
No. CA 2139
1885 · p. 28
Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt RiversGave toUniversity of Oxford
Pitt Rivers gave his first collection to the University of Oxford over the years from 1884.
the first collection
1884 · p. 29
Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt RiversAcquired
possiblyThe centaur was thought to have been acquired by Pitt Rivers at a sale of the «Lawrence-Cesnola» collection.
No. Inv. n°1990/I-23/1
1884–1892 · p. 29
Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt RiversLent toSouth Kensington Museum
Pitt Rivers’s first collection was formerly on loan to the South Kensington Museum.
the first collection
p. 29
Luigi Palma di CesnolaPassed objects toAugustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers
John Myres reported that many Cypriot objects were acquired by Pitt Rivers from General Louis Palma di Cesnola.
many of the Cypriot objects
p. 29

Alessandro (Alexander) Palma di CesnolaFound
Alessandro Palma di Cesnola was reported to have found the terracotta figurine, perhaps in the region of Salamis.
No. Inv. n°1990/I-23/1
p. 25

Vassos KarageorghisStudied
Vassos Karageorghis and his colleagues examined the figurine at the Louvre in December 1990.
the figurine found in a tomb at KourionNo. CA 2139
1990 · p. 26
Max Ohnefalsch-RichterDrew
M. Ohnefalsch-Richter illustrated the Kourion figurine with drawings.
the figurine found in a tomb at KourionNo. CA 2139
p. 26
Salomon ReinachDrew
S. Reinach illustrated the Kourion figurine with drawings.
the figurine found in a tomb at KourionNo. CA 2139
p. 26
Simone BesquesPhotographed
S. Mollard-Besques photographed the Kourion figurine.
the figurine found in a tomb at KourionNo. CA 2139
p. 26
Vassos KarageorghisPublished
Vassos Karageorghis republished the centaur figurine in this article.
the Cypriote centaur figurineNo. Inv. n°1990/I-23/1
p. 29