拍品 70
70
AN ITALIAN ROSSO ANTICO MODEL OF THE SARCOPHAGUS FROM THE TOMB OF THE SCIPIOS
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… 顯示更多
AN ITALIAN ROSSO ANTICO MODEL OF THE SARCOPHAGUS FROM THE TOMB OF THE SCIPIOS

CIRCA 1820

細節
AN ITALIAN ROSSO ANTICO MODEL OF THE SARCOPHAGUS FROM THE TOMB OF THE SCIPIOS
Circa 1820
The lid with palm-scrolled ends and centred by a bust of Scipio, the front edge inscribed 'CORNELIVS. CN. F. SCIPIO', the main body Roman Doric entablature above the inscription 'CORNELIVS . LVCIVS . SCIPIO . BARBATVS . GNAIVOD . PATRE PROGNATVS . FORTIS . VIR . SAPIENSQVE - QVOIVS . FORMA . VIRTVTEI PARISVMA FVIT - CONSOL . CENSOR . AIDILIS . QVEI . FVIT . APVD . VOS - TAVRASIA . CISAVNA SAMNIO . CEPIT - SVBIGIT - OMNE . LOVCANA - OPSIDESQUE - ABDOVCIT', on a moulded base and bianco e nero antico plinth
8 in. (20.5 cm.) high; 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) wide; 4¼ in. (11 cm.) deep
來源
Oliver Ford, Esq., Bewley Court, Lacock, Wiltshire, Sotheby's house sale, 17 May 1993, lot 166.
注意事項
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍品專文

The sarcophagus of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, celebrated conqueror of the Etruscans in 298 BC. It was discovered in 1780 in the Tomb of the Scipios on the Appian Way, and later transported by Pius VI to Rome's Pio-Clementino Museum.

It is inscribed with Barbatus' epitaph:- 'Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, the son of Gnaeus, a courageous and wise man; he was a consul censor, and councillor in your country. He conquered Taurasia and Cisauna, in the Samnium, and subjugated the whole of Lucania, whence he brought back hostages'.