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Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

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A Marble Sigma-shaped Table, Eastern Mediterranean, late Roman/early Byzantine, circa 4th/6th century A.D.

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Auction Closed

December 5, 03:41 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

with raised and contoured rim.

91 by 91 cm.

Please note that the first line under "Provenance" for this lot should read "David Read, acquired in the late 1960s or early 1970s (Bonhams, London, November 28th, 2017, no. 68)". This is how the provenance is worded in the online catalogue. The provenance in the printed catalogue and a previous version of the online cataloguing is incorrect.

David Read, acquired in the late 1960s or early 1970s (Bonhams, London, November 28th, 2017, no. 68)

acquired by the present owner at the above sale

For related examples found in a dining context see M. Rautman, "Last Suppers at Sardis", Journal of Roman Archaeology, vol. 34/2, 2021, pp. 667-694.

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