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Lot 43
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A Roman Marble Garland Sarcophagus Relief Fragment, 3rd Century A.D.

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • A Roman Marble Garland Sarcophagus Relief Fragment
  • Marble
  • 14 by 11 13/16 in. 35.6 by 30 cm.
carved with the figure of an erote holding a filleted garland laden with fruit, his face with drilled pupils and incised irises, his hair tied into a braid over the crown of his head.

Provenance

James Starkey Fine Arts, Beverley, Yorkshire, England, acquired at auction in the early 1980s