A ROMAN MARBLE FUNERARY RELIEF, of corniced rectangular form, the two side panels carved with a laurel tree, one side with a bird carrying a berry in its beak, below on the ground two birds attacking a snake, the front carved in high relief with a figure of a standing young boy with chubby features and short wavy hair, wearing a tunic and a himation, holding a scroll in his left hand, at his feet is a dog looking up at him, inscribed: | Christie's

Lot 114

114

THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE G. WYNDHAM, ESQ. SOLD BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES

A ROMAN MARBLE FUNERARY RELIEF, of corniced rectangular form, the two side panels carved with a laurel tree, one side with a bird carrying a berry in its beak, below on the ground two birds attacking a snake, the front carved in high relief with a figure of a standing young boy with chubby features and short wavy hair, wearing a tunic and a himation, holding a scroll in his left hand, at his feet is a dog looking up at him, inscribed:

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A ROMAN MARBLE FUNERARY RELIEF, of corniced rectangular form, the two side panels carved with a laurel tree, one side with a bird carrying a berry in its beak, below on the ground two birds attacking a snake, the front carved in high relief with a figure of a standing young boy with chubby features and short wavy hair, wearing a tunic and a himation, holding a scroll in his left hand, at his feet is a dog looking up at him, inscribed:
"DIIS MANIB/ANTHI/L.IVLIVS.GAMVS.PATER.FIL.DULCISSIM"
1st Century A.D.
34in. (86.3cm.) high, 29in. (73.7cm.) wide, 20in. (51cm.) deep

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