Lot Essay
The relief is reminiscent of the apobates votive panels that were dedicated by the race victors in the Panathenaia. For similar cf. N. Kaltsas, Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Los Angeles, 2003, p. 139, no. 266.
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CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GREEK MARBLE RELIEF WITH QUADRIGA
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
35 1⁄2 in. (90 cm.) wide
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
35 1⁄2 in. (90 cm.) wide
Provenance
Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva; thence by descent to the present owner.
Special notice
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Claudio Corsi
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The relief is reminiscent of the apobates votive panels that were dedicated by the race victors in the Panathenaia. For similar cf. N. Kaltsas, Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Los Angeles, 2003, p. 139, no. 266.