East Greek or Cypriot pedestal with pomegranate

C71

£245.00

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A carved limestone statue base decorated with a pomegranate between two lion’s paws.

Culture
Cyprus or East Greek, c. 5th or 4th Century BC

Size
2.5 x 5.4 cms

Condition
Fragment as seen in the photographs

Provenance
Ex. collection: Paul Gaudin (1858-1921), France; thence by family descent. Collected in Anatolia between 1899-1904. Paul Gaudin was an engineer and antiquary who became an archaeologist in the course of his work in Turkey and is credited with the discovery of Yortan, an important Bronze Age site closely associated with Troy. Antiquities excavated by Gaudin are to be found in several prominent collections including the Musee de Louvre and British Museum.

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