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Palmette and parts of two volutes from the top of a grave stele
Palmette and parts of two volutes from the top of a grave stele

Palmette and parts of two volutes from the top of a grave stele

Datelate 5th or early 4th century BCE
PeriodClassical
CultureCypriot
MediumLimestone with red paint
ClassificationSculpture
ProvenanceFound by Luigi Palma di Cesnola (American Consul to Cyprus, 1865–1876); purchased by subscription by the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1874–1876; (sale, the Anderson Galleries, New York), March 30, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1778
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DimensionsOverall
Height: 15 15/16 in. (40.5 cm)
Width: 11 1/4 in. (28.5 cm)
Thickness: 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
Mount pole
Diameter: 5/8 in. (1.62 cm)

Medium Details

Color  (Munsell soil color chart)

Stone:  2.5Y 8/1 (white)

Paint:  10R 5/4 (weak red)

Inclusions

n/a

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