A Marble Relief Panel of the Young Dionysos, Roman Imperial, circa 1st/2nd Century A.D.

from a quadrangular Dionysiac altar, carved in relief within a molded frame with a figure of young Dionysos, a panther seated by his feet, the god leaning on a column and holding a rustic staff, a kantharos in the left hand, a himation or animal skin falling from the left shoulder, his hair surmounted by a deeply undercut wreath of ivy leaves andf berries.

Sotheby's, New York, December 9th, 1981, no. 233, illus.

Good and as shown, figure well preserved with areas of dark incrustation, minor chips along outer edges of molded frame.
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The present relief was part of the same Dionysiac altar as lot 44.