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A Roman Marble Architectural Element with Acanthus Decoration, circa 2nd Century A.D.
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- A Roman Marble Architectural Element with Acanthus Decoration
- marble
- Height 32 cm.
probably from the edge of a console or corbel, less likely to be from a candelabrum shaft, composed of two integral baluster-shaped elements of unequal diameter each carved with three acanthus leaves, one element emerging from a recurved petal moulding, the other from a double torus of small overlapping leaves, one side of the object left plain and carved with two fragmentary supports.
Provenance
Piero Tozzi (1882-1974), New York
New York private collection, by descent
John Gredler, New York, acquired from the above in 1995/1996
New York private collection, by descent
John Gredler, New York, acquired from the above in 1995/1996
Catalogue Note
A photograph of the present lot is in the Tozzi Archive, The Onassis Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, File K.4, Folder 2 (Greek and Roman Marble). The back of the photograph names Gredler as the buyer.