Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property from a Swiss Private Collection
A Coptic Limestone Architectural Relief, 4th/5th Century A.D.
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
intricately carved with the figure of a woman (Nike?) raising a wreath in each hand and flanked by acanthus fronds.
92 by 59 by 34 cm.
Paul Mallon (1884-1975), Paris
Milton Girod-Mallon, New York and Paris, by descent from the above
Swiss private collection, acquired from the above on December 21st, 1980
by descent from the above
Published
Gli atleti di Zeus. Lo sport nell' antichità, exh. cat., Mendrisio, September 12th, 2009-January 10th, 2010, 2009, 195 & 209, op. 131
Compare a relief in the Malcove Collection at the University of Toronto: http://collections.artmuseum.utoronto.ca:8080/objects/11187/architectural-reliefsegment-of-an-archfigure-holding-two-w.
