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Lot 94W

1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£2,000 - £3,000

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A Roman marble sarcophagus fragment
Circa 3rd Century A.D.
Carved in high relief depicting a standing draped female figure, possibly a Muse, wearing a fillet in her drilled wavy hair, her right arm raised, holding an object in her left by her side, folds of drapery behind her, 18in (46cm) high

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Provenance:
English private collection.
Christie's London, 25 April 2007, lot 251.
German private collection, acquired at auction in Germany in 1968-1969.

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