Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

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Property from a Swiss Private Collection

A Roman Alabaster Cinerary Urn, probably Egypt, circa 1st Century A.D.

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Auction Closed

December 5, 03:41 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

with ogee foot, broad rounded body, flat contoured rim, twin handles, and squat conical lid with baluster-shaped finial.

Total height unrestored 29.5 cm. Height with restored finial 32.2cm.

Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, François de Ricqlès, September 30th-March 1st, 1996, no. 431, illus.

acquired by the present owner at the above sale

For a related example found inside a niche in a burial chamber in Rome see F. Taglietti, in Museo Nazionale Romano, vol. I/1, 1979, p. 235, no. 149 (https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/756756). Also see Sotheby's, New York, June 7th, 2012, no. 54. On the production, typology, and dating of this type of urns see S. Perna, in Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World. Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Classical Archaeology, vol. 20, Panel 3.18, 2021, pp. 5-17.

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