A FRAGMENTARY ROMAN MARBLE CINERARY URN, 1ST/2ND CENTURY A.D.

A FRAGMENTARY ROMAN MARBLE CINERARY URN, 1ST/2ND CENTURY A.D.

of cylindrical form, carved in relief with two sleeping erotes, each leaning on an inverted torch and with a quiver at his feet, flanking a rectangular panel engraved with eight lines of Latin inscription reading D(is) M(anibus) / Gn(aio) Lucretio / Hermadioni / Lucretia / Ianuaria / conjugi bene / merenti / fecit ("To the Spirits of the Departed. Lucretia Ianuaria made this for her well-deserving husband Gnaius Hermadion").
29 by 33 cm.

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Provenance:
Henry de Montherlant (1895-1972), Paris, acquired prior to 1950

Published

Artcurial, Paris, November 17th, 2017, no. 1, illus.