A ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS FRAGMENT

Lot 24
04.12.2024 15:30UTC +00:00
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ID 1334740
Lot 24 | A ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS FRAGMENT
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
A ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS FRAGMENT
CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY A.D.
22 in. (56 cm.) high




Provenance

German private collection, said to have been acquired prior to World War II; thence by descent.
The Property of a European Collector; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 9 December 1999, lot 329.
U.S. art market, California, acquired from the above.
Antiquities, Bonhams, London, 29 April 2009, lot 36.



Literature

J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 110, fig. 79.



Exhibited

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA275).
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