13 Apr 2011
10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street
Antiquities including Property from the Collection of Sir Daniel Donohue
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Antiquities including Property from the Collection of Sir Daniel Donohue
Back to auction 18817
Two Roman marble cinerary urns
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Both decorated with strigillation around the main body and lid, with tongues around the foot and lower body, the conical lids surmounted with knopped handles, the smaller with a double scrolling ribbed handle to either side, with the remains of iron clamps at the lid and body, 16in (40.6cm) high; the larger with grooved angular loop handles to either side, 19in (48.3cm) high (2)
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Both decorated with strigillation around the main body and lid, with tongues around the foot and lower body, the conical lids surmounted with knopped handles, the smaller with a double scrolling ribbed handle to either side, with the remains of iron clamps at the lid and body, 16in (40.6cm) high; the larger with grooved angular loop handles to either side, 19in (48.3cm) high (2)
Sold for
£108,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Property from the Collection of Sir Daniel Donohue.
Literature:
For other strigillated urns, cf. B. Palma, I Marmi Ludovisi: Storia della Collezione, 'Museo Nazionale Romano, Le Sculture', vol.I,4, Rome, 1983, figs. 111-2.
Auction Notices
- Please note that it has been suggested that the urns might be made of limestone.
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