A ROMAN MARBLE CHILD'S SARCOPHAGUS

CIRCA EARLY 4TH CENTURY A.D.

細節
A ROMAN MARBLE CHILD'S SARCOPHAGUS
circa early 4th century a.d.
The front panel with two flying amorini holding up an uncarved tondo, with two birds below, a standing winged amorino with a garland held across his body on either end, a griffin in shallow relief on each side panel
51.7/8 in. (131.8 cm) long
來源
Formerly in the Italian Garden of the Countess of Warwick at Easton Lodge, Great Dunmow, Essex

拍品專文

For a similar sarcophagus with amorini see no. 249 in Comstock and Vermeule, Scupture in Stone.