ID 1334726
Lot 35 | A ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS FOR SEMNE
Estimate value
£ 70 000 – 100 000
CIRCA LATE 3RD-EARLY 4TH CENTURY A.D.
81 ½ in. (207 cm.) long
Provenance
with T. Fujita, Tokyo.
Japanese private collection, acquired from the above, 1970s.
Property from a Private Collection; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 4 June 2008, lot 277.
Literature
E. Simon, "Römische Sarkophage in Japan" in Archäologischen Anzeiger, 1982, pp. 586ff.
E. Simon, The Kurashiki Ninagawa Museum, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Mainz, 1982, pp. 267-269, no. 178.
"Spring Antiquities Sales," Minerva, September/October 2008, p. 42.
J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of ClassicalArt, Mougins, 2011, p. 109, fig. 75.
"Quoi de neuf au Macm de Mougins," Mougins Infos, 2021 no. 79, p. 29.
Exhibited
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA22).
| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
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| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
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| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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