A Roman marble relief fragment
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Probably from a sarcophagus, depicting the head of a bearded god, probably Jupiter, with thick curling hair and a full beard and moustache, a raking cornice above decorated with a band of egg and dart, 9½in (24.2cm) long
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Probably from a sarcophagus, depicting the head of a bearded god, probably Jupiter, with thick curling hair and a full beard and moustache, a raking cornice above decorated with a band of egg and dart, 9½in (24.2cm) long
Sold for
£3,500
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
American private collection, acquired in the 1960s.
Category: Antiquities
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