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A ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS RELIEF FRAGMENT, ATTIC, CIRCA A.D. 220-230
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December 3, 05:06 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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A ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS RELIEF FRAGMENT, ATTIC, CIRCA A.D. 220-230
carved in high relief with the figure of an erote cradling a cluster of grapes in the folds of his chlamys, the tilted head of his stumbling inebriated companion showing to his right; Pentelic marble, no restorations.
Height 73 cm.
private collection, Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris, acquired in the 1970s
Boisgirard-Antonini, Nice, November 4th, 2003, no. 30, illus.
Artcurial, Paris, May 15th, 2019, no. 39, illus.