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Large FRAGMENT OF A CHILD'S SARCOPHAGE decorated in high rel…
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200
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Large FRAGMENT OF A CHILD'S SARCOPHAGE decorated in high rel…
See original version (French)
Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Large FRAGMENT OF A CHILD'S SARCOPHAGE decorated in high relief with a scene depicting ten banking toddlers in various attitudes. Two are lying on a bench in front of a trapezophore on which dice are placed. Another straddles an amphora lying on the ground. Most are dressed in tunics. Their short, curly hair has been treated with a drill bit.
White marble.
Roman art, 3rd century.
Height: 42 cm. Length: 68 cm (visible cracks and old restorations).
Provenance :
- From a Carrara marble quarry owner in the 19th century.
- By descent, Ile de France castle.
A similar sarcophagus is in the Louvre Museum under number Cp 6517. https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010275615
Reference bibliography:
- Kranz, Peter, Die Stadtrömischen Eroten-Sarkophage. Erster Faszikel Dionysische Themen mit Ausnahme der Weinlese- und Ernteszenen, 1999, p. 142, pl. 64.2, no. 38
- Huskinson, Janet, Roman children's sarcophagi: their decoration and its social significance, 1996, p. 22, pl. 4.1-3, nos. 1-24.
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