Lot 52
Lot 52
ANCIENT ART FROM THE JAMES AND MARILYNN ALSDORF COLLECTION
A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT

CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.

Price Realised USD 15,000
Estimate
USD 12,000 - USD 18,000
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A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT

CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.

Price Realised USD 15,000
Price Realised USD 15,000
Details
2734 in. (70.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by the current owner by 1991.
Brought to you by
Hannah Solomon
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Lot Essay


Likely from the end of a sarcophagus, the relief features two bearded figures sculpted in shallow relief, the one to the right holding a spear. A similar composition can be seen on a Meleager sarcophagus in Rome at the Palazzo Doria Pamphili, no. 184 in G. Koch, Römische Sarkophage.

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