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Lot 183

A Roman lead sarcophagus panel

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Roman lead sarcophagus panel
Circa 1st Century A.D.
Decorated in relief with a central Medusa roundel, surrounded by four dolphins, with rope twist border, the lower register with a band of trailing ivy, 29cm x 30cm

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Provenance:
UK private collection, acquired from Jean Philippe Mariaud de Serres, Paris, in the early 1980s.

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