A Roman marble sarcophagus with flying erotes

3RD CENTURY A.D.

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A Roman marble sarcophagus with flying erotes
3rd Century A.D.
The front panel carved in deep relief with two winged nude erotes holding up an uncarved dedicatory roundel with two birds pecking at fruit underneath, flanked by two further erotes with garlands, the end panels each carved with a seated winged griffin, mainly complete but in fragmentary sections
52 in. (132 cm.) long; 12¾ in. (32.4 cm.) high; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Formerly in the Italian garden of the Countess of Warwick at Easton Lodge, Great Dunmow, Essex.

Lot Essay

Cf. C. C. Vermeule et al, Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, 1977, p. 46, no. 62; M. B. Comstock and C. C. Vermeule, Sculpture in Stone, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1976, p. 158, no. 249 for similar.

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