A Terracotta Relief Fragment, Early Roman Imperial, circa late 1st Century B.C./early 1st Century A.D.

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 USD

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Description

A Terracotta Relief Fragment
10 3/16 by 8 3/8 in. 25.9 by 21.3 cm.

of Campana type, finely modeled in shallow relief with a kneeling satyr harvesting grapes and gathering them in an already overflowing basket, and wearing a wind-blown animal skin tied around his neck.

Provenance

Japanese private collection (Christie's, New York, December 12th, 2002, no. 98, illus.)

Catalogue Note

For a complete example cf. Uit de Schatkamers der Oudheid, Amsterdam, 1938, no. 677, pl. 52; the heraldic composition shows two confronted kneeling satyrs on either side of an arbor, a row of palmettes above.