Limestone finial of a funerary stele with two seated lions, ca. 550–526


Limestone finial of a funerary stele with two seated lions, Archaic, ca. 550–526 , Cypriot, Limestone, H.: 23 1/2 x 35 1/2 in., cm ( x x cm), Stone Sculpture, Two lions sit back to back on a cavetto finial decorated with a disk and a crescent, the points of which turn downward. The lions’ heads are turned toward the viewer, their mouths open and tongues extended


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