A ROMAN MARBLE TRAPEZOPHOROS (TABLE SUPPORT)

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

细节

A ROMAN MARBLE TRAPEZOPHOROS (TABLE SUPPORT)
circa 2nd century a.d.
In the form of Ganymede being abducted by Zeus in the guise of an eagle, standing upon an integral oval base before a tree trunk, leaning forward with his weight on his bent left leg, with a muscular torso, nude but for his Phrygian cap, draped mantle, and boots, the eagle perched above his shoulders, retangular mortises on either side of the eagle for attachment of the now-missing wings, and on the top of the tree trunk for attachment of the table top, lips likely recarved
34½in. (87.6cm.)

来源

Duke of Richmond
E.P. and W.H. O'Reilly, Auctioneers, NY, 6 December 1956, lot 149.

拍品专文

According to Homer, Ganymede was the most beautiful mortal. One of the three sons of Tros, an early king of Troy, Ganymede was the subject of Zeus's affections. The god fell in love with the boy and carried him off (in the guise of an eagle) to be his cup-bearer on Olympus, where he was granted immortality. The abduction of Ganymede was a popular subject in ancient art beginning with Attic vase-painting of the 5th century B.C. Pliny the Elder describes a famous image of this subject by the sculptor Leochares. The theme continued to be popular during the Roman period as evinced by its use on funerary sculpture as well as for decorative works such as trapezophoroi.