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Lot 42
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A Marble Pilaster Capital, Roman Imperial, circa 3rd Century A.D.

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • A Marble Pilaster Capital
  • marble
  • 10 1/2 by 14 1/8 by 1 7/8 in. 26.7 by 35.8 by 4.8 cm.
of composite type deeply carved with acanthus leaves and Ionic scrolls centering twin quatrefoils.

Provenance

General Edouard Arsène Henri, marquis d’Aubigny (1832-1912), Chateau d’O, Mortrée, Normandy, acquired in North Africa during his military campaigns in the 1880s
French private collection (Sotheby’s, New York, December 8th, 2010, no. 92, illus.)