A ROMAN MARBLE SEASON SARCOPHAGUS RELIEF FRAGMENT, 3RD CENTURY A.D.
A ROMAN MARBLE SEASON SARCOPHAGUS RELIEF FRAGMENT, 3RD CENTURY A.D.
from the left corner of a sarcophagus, carved in front in high relief with the figure of an erote personifying a season, holding a basket of fruit or flowers in his raised right hand and the folds of his billowing mantle in his left hand, a broad crimped ribbon slung from his right shoulder to his left hip, and decorated in shallow relief on the side with the forequarters of a griffin; no restorations.
54.5 by 23.5 by 21 cm.
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Provenance:
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 6th, 1987, no. 133
Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, Millon, May 27th, 2019, no. 203, illus.
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A ROMAN MARBLE SEASON SARCOPHAGUS RELIEF FRAGMENT, 3RD CENTURY A.D.
from the left corner of a sarcophagus, carved in front in high relief with the figure of an erote personifying a season, holding a basket of fruit or flowers in his raised right hand and the folds of his billowing mantle in his left hand, a broad crimped ribbon slung from his right shoulder to his left hip, and decorated in shallow relief on the side with the forequarters of a griffin; no restorations.
54.5 by 23.5 by 21 cm.
Condition Report:
To request a condition report for this lot, please contact ancientsculpture@sothebys.com.
Provenance:
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 6th, 1987, no. 133
Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, Millon, May 27th, 2019, no. 203, illus.
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