Worlds within Worlds | Works from the Collection of Peter Petrou
Worlds within Worlds | Works from the Collection of Peter Petrou
Roman, circa 3rd century A.D. | Relief Fragment of a Boar
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September 21, 02:17 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Roman
circa 3rd century A.D.
Relief Fragment of a Boar
carved marble
from a large hunt sarcophagus
27 by 37 by 12 cm.; 10 ½ x 14 ½ x 4 ¾ in.
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Private collection, acquired in the 1960s or earlier
German private collection, by descent from the above
Bonhams, London, October 26th, 2007, no. 184
German private collection, by descent from the above
Bonhams, London, October 26th, 2007, no. 184
This fragment originates from a sarcophagus depicting either an actual boar hunt (see B. Andreae, Die römischen Jagdsarkophage (Die antiken Sarkophagenreliefs, vol. 1,2), Berlin, 1980, pls. 86ff. and 126-127), or Meleager's hunt of the Calydonian Boar (C. Robert, Einzelmythen: Hippolytos-Meleager (Die antiken Sarkophagenreliefs, vol. 3,2), Berlin, 1904, pls. 70-98).