A ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS FOR SEMNE

Lot 35
04.12.2024 15:30UTC +00:00
Classic
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1334726
Lot 35 | A ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS FOR SEMNE
Estimate value
£ 70 000 – 100 000
A ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS FOR SEMNE
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).
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