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LOT 0134
Large Roman Marble Garland Sarcophagus Panel with Theatrical Mask and Eros, the Greek God of Love
CIRCA 135 A.D.
19 x 22 3/8 in. (72.95 kg, 48 x 57 cm).
From the right end of an ornate sarcophagus, carved dramatic theatrical mask in the centre with open mouth and drilled eyes, the forehead morticed for an attachment, a garland of leaves below; the right end tied to a boukranion, the left supported by a winged Eros; reverse with apsidal recess.
ProvenancePrivate collection, New York.
with Christie's, New York, 7th December 1995, no.118.
Christie's, New York, April 29th, 2019, no.189.
Acquired at the above sale.
with Sotheby's, 17 December 2020, no.80.
The opposite short side of the same sarcophagus was sold at Sotheby's, New York, November 28th, 1990, no.104, and is now in a New York private collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13116-249668.
Cf. Helga Herdejürgen, Stadtrömische und italische Girlandensarkophage (Die antiken Sarkophagreliefs, vol. VI.2,1), Berlin, 1996, no.47, p.108, pl.16.5 - the short side of a sarcophagus showing erotes holding garlands, carved in relief with a frontal tragic mask set within a swag of deeply-drilled oak leaves and acorns suspended between the corner erote and a stylised bucranium, the remaining section of the front carved with a fragmentary line of Latin inscription reading fece]runt ("[they] had it made", in the plural) above the erote, a vertical channel cutting across the top of the mask for attachment of the lid with a metal clamp.
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LOT 0134
Large Roman Marble Garland Sarcophagus Panel with Theatrical Mask and Eros, the Greek God of Love
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13,000
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Roman Carnelian Gemstone of an Elderly Man
1st century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
Showing a mature man in profile facing left, modelled after the Roman Republican portrait models; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.15 grams, 18 mm
Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Roman Glass Vessel
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Tall thin translucent pale green vessel with wide foot and dimpled base, tapering stem and flared rim. 27.6 grams, 12.5 cm
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
Similar bottles were produced in Roman Cyprus. Hayes had divided the Cypriot products into three classes on the basis of the character of the glass. This example belongs to the third class, i.e. ‘very thin-walled pieces in a pale fabric, almost colourless in parts’. -
Romano-British Coiled Ring
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Formed from a tightly coiled rectangular-section bar. 17.46 grams, 28.89 mm overall, 21.26 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.4, Japan 23)
Found near Cambridge, UK. Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Spiral type rings have been found in the northern Provinces of the Empire, and a very similar specimen, but in silver, was found near Sitten in 1888, inside a Roman grave of Muraz la Sierre. Bronze examples came from the Germanic Limes. They continued models and typologies of Celtic fashion.
