Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon

more than 85 Cypriot objects (ceramics, limestone sculpture, terracotta figurines), c. 20th-1st c. BCE; 70 had been listed by Decaudin in 1987, and the rest were added by Yon in 2012 (including one Late Cypriot bilbil on deposit from Lyon 2) (2012)

Yon 2012, p. 188

1. 1841
   The museum's Inventory X, in which the earliest Cypriot objects are registered, was opened in 1841 (to 1878).

   LyonYon 2012, p. 183

2. 19 May 1869
   Pierre Martin-Rey, a former deputy, gave four objects said to come from Idalion (Dali), found in February 1857 by the crew of a Captain Sicard; registered as X 722. One (X 722-2, a head) is missing, and its number was later given, perhaps in error, to a terracotta head (cat. 75). Yon calls this the start of the Cypriot collection.

   Idalion (Dali)Pierre Martin-ReyCaptain SicardYon 2012, p. 183-184

3. 31 March 1884
   A special credit from the City of Lyon bought antiquities at the public sale in Rome after the death of Alessandro Castellani; the lot (E 152) included three Black-on-Red flasks that Castellani had bought at the Hôtel Drouot in 1878 from the Barre collection.

   RomeAlessandro CastellaniAlbert BarreYon 2012, p. 185-186

4. 1890
   Statuette of a woman's head (E 257-1), bought at a public sale of the Piot collection in May 1890 according to the museum's online record.

   ParisEugène PiotStatuette : tête de…

5. December 1896
   Lot E 366 acquired from Albert Sorlin-Dorigny, Constantinople: inventoried as 17 limestone and 30 terracotta statuettes plus three vases 'of Cyprus'. Yon counts 15 limestone statuettes, 21 or 22 terracottas and three Archaic vases as Cypriot; renumbered E 366-1 to 43. Some bear old 'coll. Lambert' labels of unclear meaning.

   ConstantinopleAlbert Sorlin-DorignyYon 2012, p. 186-187

6. 6 July 1914
   Terracotta head of a young man crowned with laurel (E 520, cat. 86) bought for 300 francs from the antiquarian Emmanuel Segredakis (Paris), who was passing through Lyon; recorded as 'from Rhodes (?)'; Yon assigns it to a Marion workshop.

   LyonEmmanuel (Manolis) SegredakisYon 2012, p. 187

7. 1934
   Retrospective Inventory H opened, taking in many objects held since the late 19th century, among them the Middle Cypriot painted vases that may correspond to the Lortet gift.

   LyonYon 2012, p. 187

8. 9 July 1937
   Archaic Bichrome barrel jug with a large bird (cat. 42, inv. 1937-50, from a Salamis workshop per Yon) acquired from 'Paris-Optical', a spectacle manufacturer at 19 boulevard Montmartre, Paris.

   ParisYon 2012

9. 1965
   Marguerite Yon, with the permission of the director Madeleine Rocher-Jauneau and at the suggestion of Jean Deshayes, made a first list of the museum's Cypriot antiquities.

   LyonMarguerite YonMadeleine Rocher-JauneauJean DeshayesYon 2012, p. 181

10. 1972
    Red Polished bowl (inv. 1972-108, cat. 2) 'given by the Mayor' per the inventory; a lead seal 'CM' on the handle marks a Cyprus Museum-controlled export.

    LyonYon 2012, p. 187

11. 1987
    Antoinette Decaudin included Lyon in her national census of Cypriot collections in French public museums (excluding the Louvre, Cabinet des médailles and Paris-area museums); she presented about 40 ceramics, 13 limestone sculptures and 14 terracotta figurines from showcases.

    LyonAntoinette J. DecaudinYon 2012, p. 181-182

12. 1995
    Reorganisation of the collections on the renovation of the antiquities galleries led to re-attributions; objects not previously recognised as Cypriot were identified.

    LyonG. GallianoYon 2012, p. 182

13. 1997
    G. Galliano's Guide du département des antiquités cites Cypriot pieces (e.g. the bird jug and temple-boy head).

    LyonG. GallianoYon 2012

14. 2012
    Lyon collector M. Descours gave a large Red Polished III jug (inv. 2012.1.2, cat. 1); the table in Yon gives an acquisition date of 2011.

    LyonM. Descours (Lyon)Yon 2012

15. 2012
    Yon published the full Cypriot collection (87 catalogue entries) in Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42, using the museum's ongoing récolement data supplied by Galliano.

    LyonMarguerite YonG. GallianoYon 2012, p. 181-183

16. 2012
    A Late Cypriot bilbil (inv. G 167, cat. 87) is on deposit from the Institut d'Égyptologie Victor-Loret of Université Lyon 2; Yon notes it was probably found in New Kingdom Egypt.

    LyonYon 2012, p. 188

• Red Polished III jug, hand-made, dark red slip

  2012.1.2via M. Descours (Lyon)2012Yon 2012, cat. 1

• Veiled female head in limestone, labelled 'Idalia'

  X 722-3from Idalion (Dali), per the 1869 inventoryvia Pierre Martin-Rey1869Yon 2012, cat. 52

• Crude limestone 'mother-goddess' statuette, inked 'Idalia 28 fevrier 1857' and 'Juno LACINA'

  X 722-1from Idalion (Dali), per the 1869 inventoryvia Pierre Martin-Rey1869Yon 2012, cat. 53

• Terracotta bust of a 'goddess with raised arms'

  X 722-4from Idalion (Dali), per the 1869 inventoryvia Pierre Martin-Rey1869Yon 2012, p. 184 ; cat. 72

• Black-on-Red flasks (three), late 8th-7th c. BCE

  E 152-1 to 3via Alessandro Castellani1884Yon 2012

• Terracotta chariot group (driver and warrior), Cypro-Archaic I

  E 366-30via Albert Sorlin-Dorigny1896Yon 2012, cat. 68

• Hollow terracotta head of a young man crowned with laurel, 4th c. BCE, archaizing

  E 520via Emmanuel (Manolis) Segredakis1914Yon 2012

• Archaic barrel jug with a large bird, from a Salamis workshop

  1937-501937Yon 2012

• Late Cypriot bilbil on deposit from Lyon 2

  G 167via Université Lumière Lyon 2Yon 2012