ID 1334740 
Lot 24  | A ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS FRAGMENT
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000 
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).
| 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 | 
| Address of auction | 
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