ID 1248360
Lot 127 | A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF WITH CUPID BURNING A BUTTERFLY
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 35 000
CIRCA FIRST HALF OF 2ND CENTURY A.D.
12 7/8 in. (32.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Kunstwerke der Antike, Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel, Auktion 60, 21 September 1982, lot 168.
Dr. M. Joset, Switzerland, acquired from the above; thence by descent.
Literature
A.M. Nagy, 'Erōs en kairō — un bas-relief à Budapest', in Kernos 35, 2022, pp. 140-141, fig. 2.
| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
| Category: | Fragment |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
| Category: | Fragment |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Address of auction |
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