A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF WITH CUPID BURNING A BUTTERFLY

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£ 25 000
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03.07.2024 15:30UTC +01:00
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ID 1248360
Lot 127 | A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF WITH CUPID BURNING A BUTTERFLY
A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF WITH CUPID BURNING A BUTTERFLY
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.
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