Live Auction 18807Faces of the Past: Ancient Sculpture from the Collection of Dr. Anton Pestalozzi
A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE HEAD OF A LION
Lot 321

A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE HEAD OF A LION

CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.

Closed28 October 2019

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A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE HEAD OF A LION
CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm.) high

Said to be from the Collection of Louis de Clerq (1836-1901), Paris.
Said to be from the Collection of Henri de Boisgelin (1901-1967), Paris.
with Simone de Monbrison, Paris.
Dr. Anton Pestalozzi (1915-2007), Zurich, acquired from the above, 1988; thence by descent to the current owner.

Specialist note

A related Cypriot lion head at The Metropolitan Museum of Art depicts a lion with an open mouth, delineated teeth and an unarticulated mane and thought to have crowned a votive stele (see cat. 366 in A. Hermay and J.R. Mertens, The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Stone Sculpture).