Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
A MARBLE GRAVE STELE INSCRIBED FOR GAIUS IULIUS OF BYZANTIUM, ASIA MINOR/EASTERN AEGEAN, 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Auction Closed
July 2, 04:42 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A MARBLE GRAVE STELE INSCRIBED FOR GAIUS IULIUS OF BYZANTIUM, ASIA MINOR/EASTERN AEGEAN, 1ST CENTURY A.D.
of rectangular form, carved within a recessed area with a seated veiled figure of a woman and a standing draped figure of a man, a tripod table laden with cakes to his left, a diminutive servant figure next to each figure, two lines of Greek inscription above reading ΓΑΙΟΣ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ / ΒΥΖΑΝΤΕΙΝΟΣ ("Gaius Iulius, of Byzantium"); no restorations.
53.5 by 43 by 8 cm.
Alex Wengraf, Arcade Gallery, London, 1970
Piet Derksen (1913-1996), The Netherlands (Christie's, Amsterdam, March 8th, 1984, no. 89)
Published
Ernst Pfuhl and Hans Möbius, Die ostgriechischen Grabreliefs, vol. 1, Mainz, 1977, p. 255, no. 1012, pl. 152
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, vol. 27, 1977, p. 311, no. 1223
Adam Lajtar, Die Inschriften von Byzantion (Inschriften griechischer Städte aus Kleinasien, vol. 58), Bonn, 2000, p. 242f., no. 352
Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch, Ltd., London, Ancient Art from the Van Roozendaal Collection, 2018, no. 36, illus.