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FRAGMENTARY ALABASTER CINERARY URN
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FRAGMENTARY ALABASTER CINERARY URN
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
FRAGMENTARY ALABASTER CINERARY URN
Etruscan art, 2nd century BC
A rectangular cinerary urn whose front is carved in relief with a classical scene from the Etruscan funerary repertoire: the deceased in his covered chariot (carpentum), drawn by two mules, bids farewell to his family members – of whom only a headless figure remains on the far left of the scene – as he makes his way towards a horseman accompanied by servants.
Dimensions: 27 x 37 x 17 cm
Provenance: Formerly in the Lore Blaich collection, New York, acquired in the 1960s
Charles Ede Limited, London
Christian Levett Collection, Mougins Museum of Classical Art, acquired in 2012
Exhibitions: Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2012–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA822)
A fragmentary Etruscan alabaster cinerary urn,
2nd century BC
See original version (French)
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