Grave stele of a reclining man with full beard holding a bowl (phiale) and (coin?) pouch on a strap and wearing a tunic, cloak, and wreath of leaves and flowers

Images(2)

Grave stele of a reclining man with full beard holding a bowl (phiale) and (coin?) pouch on a strap and wearing a tunic, cloak, and wreath of leaves and flowers

Datesecond half of the 5th c. BCE

Periodearly Classical

Object GeographyCyprus

CultureCypriot

Geography NotesSaid to be "from a necropolis" at Salamis, Cyprus

MediumLimestone

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936

Object numberSN28.1910

Cypriot grave markers (steles) with figural relief carvings were inspired by Greek funerary reliefs. This man wears a Greek-style wreath. Yet, his drinking bowl (phiale) is of Achaemenid (Persian) form. People brought customs from across the ancient world to the port city of Salamis, where this relief was found.

On View

Not on view

Collections

Dimensions17 1/4 × 15 × 6 7/8 in. (43.8 × 38.1 × 17.5 cm)
Medium Details

Medium Details

Color

2.5Y 8/1 (white) to 2.5Y 8/2 (pale yellow)
Paint 10R 5/6 (red)

Bibliography

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di 1885 A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Volume 1, with preface by Samuel Beech. Boston: J. R. Osgood, p. no. 897, pl. CXXI.

Hall, Isaac H. 1895 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Hand-book no. 3: The Stone Sculptures of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 5 and 3. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 86, no. 1377.

de Forest, Robert W. 1928a Sale number 2253, Public Exhibition from Saturday, March 24, Cypriote & Classical Antiquities, Duplicates of the Cesnola & Other Collections (Part One). Sold by order of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Robert W. De Forest, President, to be sold by Auction March 30th and 31st. The Anderson Galleries, Mitchell Kennerly, President, 489 Park Avenue at 59th Street, New York. New York: The Anderson Galleries, p. 71, no. 285, photo at center.

Dentzer, J. M. 1982 Le motif du banquet couché dans le proche-orient et le monde grec du VII au VI siècle avant J.-C. Rome: École française de Rome, pp. 279–281, no. R 26, pl. 33, fig. 207.

Kershaw, Norma ed. 1983 Ancient Art from Cyprus: the Ringling Collection. Sarasota: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, p. 57, no. 107, fig. 107.

Counts, Derek B. 1998 Contributions to the Study of Cypriote Sculpture: Limestone Votives from Athienou-Malloura. PhD dissertation, Brown University, p. 115, n. 431.

Marangou, Anna G. 2000 The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola, 1832-1904: Life and Deeds. Nicosia: The Cultural Centre of the Popular Bank Group, p. 52.

Merling, Mitchell 2002 Ringling: The Art Museum. Sarasota, FL: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, The State Art Museum of Florida, p. 16 (with full page photo), 20 with photo.

Borys, Stephen D. ed. 2008 The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: Guide to the Collections. Sarasota, FL: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, The State Art Museum of Florida, Florida State University, p. 19 with photo.

Pogiatzi, Elena 2003 Die Grabreliefs auf Zypern von der archaischen bis zur römischen Zeit. Bibliopolis: Mannheim, pp. 143–144, cat. no. 46, pl. XXVII.

3D Scans

3D Model