CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS FRAGMENT
circa early 3rd century a.d.
Preserving the left corner of a sarcophagus, carved with a nude satyr facing right and leaning forward, pouring wine from a bucket toward a small eros below, the satyr with his pointed ears protruding through his deeply drilled locks, a mantle draped over his left shoulder, arm, and bent left leg, his foot resting on a wine skin, the eros nude and facing left, looking up into the bucket, a hand preserved to the right holding a theater mask aloft, the left side of the sarcophagus with a horned lion-griffin in low relief
22 in. (55.9 cm) high
circa early 3rd century a.d.
Preserving the left corner of a sarcophagus, carved with a nude satyr facing right and leaning forward, pouring wine from a bucket toward a small eros below, the satyr with his pointed ears protruding through his deeply drilled locks, a mantle draped over his left shoulder, arm, and bent left leg, his foot resting on a wine skin, the eros nude and facing left, looking up into the bucket, a hand preserved to the right holding a theater mask aloft, the left side of the sarcophagus with a horned lion-griffin in low relief
22 in. (55.9 cm) high