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A Roman marble fragment of a sarcophagus lid
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A Roman marble fragment of a sarcophagus lid
Circa late 2nd Century A.D.
The corner of the sarcophagus lid carved in relief with the youthful mask of a god, possibly a satyr, depicted with incised articulated eyes, the sensuous lips parted, the face framed by wavy hair, with a panel showing a harvest scene of two figures wearing tunics, probably depicting erotes, one climbing a ladder with a basket of fruit beneath, 51cm x 30.5cm
Circa late 2nd Century A.D.
The corner of the sarcophagus lid carved in relief with the youthful mask of a god, possibly a satyr, depicted with incised articulated eyes, the sensuous lips parted, the face framed by wavy hair, with a panel showing a harvest scene of two figures wearing tunics, probably depicting erotes, one climbing a ladder with a basket of fruit beneath, 51cm x 30.5cm
Footnotes
Provenance:
Natalia Timofejeff collection, Stockolm, 1976.
with Chaucer Fine Arts, London (Rome, A Vision of Antiquity, Chaucer Fine Arts Inc., 12th June - 18th July 1980, lot 59).
Lids with this sort of decorative scheme were fitted on large sarcophagi, which often depicted mythological hunting scenes on the front. For a similar corner of a sarcophagus lid with mask and erotes see M. Comstock and C. Vermeule, Sculpture in Stone. The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 1976, p. 163, no. 259. A related sarcophagus cover at Villa Doria Pamphili depicts a bucolic scene of erotes harvesting grapes with a corner mask of Dionysus; see R. Calza, Antichità di Villa Doria Pamphilj, Rome, 1977, p. 249, no. 304, pl. CLXIII.