CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMAN MARBLE CINERARY URN AND LID
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
13 1⁄8 in. (33.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Said to be from Cumae.
with Vincenzo Barone, Naples, by 1873.
Private Collection, Switzerland; thence by descent.
Le Bois Muralt: The Collection of a European Noble Family, Christie's, London, 18-19 January 2000, lot 923.

Literature

T. Mommsen, ed., Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, vol. X: Inscriptiones Bruttiorum, Lucaniae, Campaniae, Siciliae, Sardiniae, part 1, Berlin, 1883, p. 294, no. 2907.
Electronic Archive of Greek and Latin Epigraphy Database no. 135628.

Conditions of sale

Brought to you by

Rowena Field Junior Specialist & Cataloguer

rfield@christies.com +44 20 7389 2113

Lot Essay

The lid is inscribed, "(Ashes) of Quintilia Chaerusa." The main panel has been left blank, presumably intended for the name(s) of the dedicator(s), whether her husband or children, and to commemorate them in due course.

More from Antiquities

View All