Lot 70
70
A ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS FRAGMENT
Property from the Collection of Paul W. Doll, Jr.
A ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS FRAGMENT

CIRCA LATE 2ND-EARLY 3RD CENTURY A.D.

Details
A ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS FRAGMENT
CIRCA LATE 2ND-EARLY 3RD CENTURY A.D.
16 ¼ in. (41.2 cm.) high
Provenance
with Kingworthy Antiques, New York, by 1964 (Art Journal 24, no. 1, p. 67).
Acquired by the current owner, U.S., by 1966.
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with Kingworthy Antiques, New York, by 1964 (Art Journal 24, no. 1, p. 67).
Acquired by the current owner, U.S., by 1966.

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Lot Essay

The crescent moons on the harnesses of the horses suggests that they may be associated with Selene, the Goddess of the Moon. See, for example, the crescent on the horse on the so-called Endymion Sarcophagus at the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, no. 161 in G. Koch, Römische Sarkophage. For a related fragment preserving a quadriga formerly in the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, see no. 11 in R.W. Shaw, The Horse as Motif: 1200 B.C.-1966 A.D.

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