Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
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Lot Closed
July 5, 02:49 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Roman Marble Pinax
circa 1st Century A.D.
carved on one side with addorsed masks of Silenus and a young satyr, and on the other side with the figure of a sea-monster (ketos) facing right.
26 by 23 cm.
European private collection, circa 18th century (based on restoration techniques)
Drouot, Paris, Gros & Delettrez, December 12th, 2022, no. 189, illus.
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
For a related example at Chatsworth showing an older satyr mask on one side and a sea-centaur or triton on the other see arachne.dainst.org/entity/1064376. Such two-sided reliefs are referred to in the scholarly literature as pinakes or as oscilla of rectangular form (see A. Bacchetta, Oscilla. Rilievi sospesi di età romana, 2006, pp. 555ff.).
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