CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.

Details

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

Provenance

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.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

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).

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