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LOT 0113
Roman Lead Coffin Panel with Sphinx, Medusa and Dolphins
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D
31 1/2 in. (13.65 kg, 80 cm).
Decorated with a high-relief pattern comprising sphinxes surrounded by dolphins and masks of Medusa surrounded by laurel leaves all between Corinthian columns; ropework and floral border strips with laurel leaves above and lip below the upper edge.
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-early 1990s.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
See Payne, G., Roman Leaden Coffin discovered at Plumstead in Archaeologia Cantiana, Vol.17, 1887, fig.10, for the presence of lead sarcophagi in Roman Britain; for a similar specimen in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no.31.116a-i; Penn Museum, coffin panel B10280, from Lebanon (Tyre).
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LOT 0113
Roman Lead Coffin Panel with Sphinx, Medusa and Dolphins
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
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