Lot 44
  • 44

A Marble Relief Panel, Roman Imperial, Tetrarchic, late 3rd/early 4th Century A.D.

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • A Marble Relief Panel
  • marble
  • 11 3/4 by 38 1/4 by 1 7/8 in. 29.8 by 97.1 by 4.8 cm.
carved in low relief with a hunting scene comprising tunic-clad hunters mounted and on foot, accompanied  by their dogs, pursuing stags in a forest.

Provenance

Dr. P., Poitiers, France, acquired in the 1970s
Millons & Associés, Drouot Richelieu, Paris, May 21st, 2008, no. 404, illus.

Catalogue Note

For a Tetrarchic sarcophagus with lion hunt related in style to the present panel see B. Andreae, Sarkophage mit Darstellungen aus dem Menschenleben. Die römischen Jagdsarkophage, (ASR 1, 2), Berlin, 1980, cat. no. 101, pls. 74.3, 79.1-6, 115.8, and 124.3 (http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/132125).