Leopard relief from Building G at Xanthos (right half)
- Title:
- Leopard relief from Building G at Xanthos (right half)
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Photographer:
- Alexandridis, Annetta
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1900
ca. 460-450 BCE
2008 (image)
- Site:
- Xanthos, Turkey (original)
- Location:
- Warehouse
Xanthos, Turkey (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0082
- Accession Number:
- Sage no. 81
81 (sticker on front)
5 (erased in cast on front)
82 - File Name:
- CCC_0082.tif
- Original Measurements:
- 77 (H) x 175 (W) cm (complete slab)
- Culture:
- Lycian
- Style/Period:
- Greek Classical
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
limestone sculpture in relief (original) - Subject:
- Xanthos (Ancient city)
Leopards - Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- 79 x 90 x 4-6 (centimeters, height x width x diameter)
- Description:
- This is a cast of the viewer's right half of a relief-decorated limestone slab from building G at Xanthos, showing a crouching feline, most likely a leopard. The slab, broken in half in the original, was cast in two parts (see ID no. 75 for the right half). The hind parts of the leopard are contained on this half of the block. The animal crouches with his rump raised and his shoulders (contained in ID no. 75) lowered, about to pounce. His back paws are damaged in the original. The long tail, also damaged in the original, curls back and then between the legs. The function of Building G is unknown, but it has been proposed that the building was used for cult instead of funerary purposes. This block formed part of an animal frieze that is believed to have been situated at the top of the podium on which the building stood. It was discovered reused in a late antique wall on the acropolis at Xanthos.
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
no. 1848,1020.4 - Bibliography:
- Ian Jenkins, Greek Architecture and its Sculpture (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006), 168-174
John Boardman, Greek Sculpture: The Late Classical Period and Sculpture in Colonies and Overseas (London: Thames and Hudson, 1995), 188-190
Antony G. Keen, "The dynastic tombs of Xanthos--who was buried where?" Anatolian Studies 42 (1992), 53-63 - Related Work:
- Belongs with ID no. 75.
- Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
London, British Museum (original) - Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Casts are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are their creators, generally Cornell University Library, Annetta Alexandridis, and Verity Platt. This collection of plaster casts owned by Cornell University was photographed by Cornell University Library, Alexandridis, Platt, and Andreya L. Mihaloew from 2010-2015, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.