Lot 30
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AN ATTIC MARBLE GRAVE STELE ANTHEMION FINIAL
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AN ATTIC MARBLE GRAVE STELE ANTHEMION FINIAL

MID 4TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN ATTIC MARBLE GRAVE STELE ANTHEMION FINIAL
MID 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Carved in the form of an elaborate palmette with stems in the form of spiral tendrils rising from acanthus leaves, with a small rosette at the top between the converging fronds, originally surmounting a grave stele, holes at the back for attachment to shaft
18½ in. (47 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired on the New York art market, 1994.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

Cf. M. Moltesen, Greece in the Classical Period, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, 1995, p. 86, no. 28 and p. 89, no. 31; and G. M. A. Richter, Catalogue of Greek Sculptures in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, 1954, p. 64, no. 95, pl. LXXVIII(a), for similar stele finials.

This lot is accompanied by a certificate from The Art Loss Register.

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