A ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS FRAGMENT DEPICTING THE BATTLE OF THE GODS AND GIANTS, carved in high relief, to the right the figure of Athena wearing plumed helmet and holding a shield strapped to her left arm, straining forward, the wheel of her chariot and a horse's tail visible below her, a female figure behind her runs to the left but turns back grasping the goddess' shield, her drapery flowing behind, mounted, circa 175 A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS FRAGMENT DEPICTING THE BATTLE OF THE GODS AND GIANTS, carved in high relief, to the right the figure of Athena wearing plumed helmet and holding a shield strapped to her left arm, straining forward, the wheel of her chariot and a horse's tail visible below her, a female figure behind her runs to the left but turns back grasping the goddess' shield, her drapery flowing behind, mounted, circa 175 A.D.
22 x 18½in. (56 x 47cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in Luzern, 1957

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