Lot 68
  • 68

A Marble Sarcophagus Relief Fragment, Roman Imperial, late Antonine, circa A.D. 170-180

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • A Marble Sarcophagus Relief Fragment, Roman Imperial, late Antonine
  • Marble
  • 8 1/4 by 8 1/4 in. 21 by 21 cm.
from a sarcophagus most likely depicting the legend of Jason and Medea, carved with the head of a man and the head of nurse wearing a headcloth.

Provenance

acquired at auction in Versailles in the 1980s

Condition

As shown.
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