Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
A ROMAN MARBLE SEASON SARCOPHAGUS RELIEF FRAGMENT, 3RD CENTURY A.D.
Auction Closed
December 3, 05:06 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
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.
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 6th, 1987, no. 133
Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, Millon, May 27th, 2019, no. 203, illus.
For a related example with Seasons flanking a clipeus see P. Kranz, Jahreszeiten-Sarkophage (ASR 5.4), 1984, cat. no. 41, pls. 26,2, 28,2, 29,2, and 31,6 (http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/14218).