Lot Essay
A similar example discovered in 1882 is in Boston, no. 284 in Comstock and Vermeule, Sculpture in Stone.
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A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF OF A HORSEMAN
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
A man wearing a short tunic and a cloak, his head turned and rendered frontally, riding to the right, framed within the rough, irregular triangular shape of the stele, 10 3/4in. (27.3cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
A man wearing a short tunic and a cloak, his head turned and rendered frontally, riding to the right, framed within the rough, irregular triangular shape of the stele, 10 3/4in. (27.3cm.) high