Property from the Collection of Axel Vervoordt
A Roman Marble Endymion Sarcophagus Fragment, mid 2nd/3rd Century A.D.
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July 5, 12:37 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Axel Vervoordt
A Roman Marble Endymion Sarcophagus Fragment
mid 2nd/3rd Century A.D
carved with a reclining figure of a youth, asleep with his legs crossed and covered with his mantle; no restorations.
Length 46 cm.
Sotheby's, London, December 9th, 1993, no. 180
English private collection, acquired in the early 1990s at the Olympia Art and Antiques Fair, London
Bonhams, London, October 26th, 2007, no. 175
English private collection
Bonhams, London, May 1st, 2013, no. 93
Galerie Chenel, Paris, acquired at the above sale
acquired from the above in 2018
See the figure of Endymion on a sarcophagus in Rome: https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/1098240.