A LATE ROMAN MARBLE TABLE-TOP FRAGMENT

CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY A.D.

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A LATE ROMAN MARBLE TABLE-TOP FRAGMENT
CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY A.D.
The curved panel bordered by a frieze, preserving a lion and lioness attacking gazelles, the lion approaching from the left, leaping towards the rear of one gazelle, running right but looking back, the second gazelle confronting the lioness, a tree to the right, a decorative molding along the lower border, a raised plain border above
20½ in. (52 cm.) wide

Provenance

Private European Collection, 1990s.

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Lot Essay

Relief borders such as this fragment were sculpted on both round and horseshoe-shaped tables. They were produced throughout the Eastern Mediterranean and they depicted both religious and secular motifs. For a similar example with animals in combat see no. 233 in Weiss, ed., Ebla to Damascus.

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