A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT

CIRCA LATE 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT
CIRCA LATE 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
From the front left corner of a sarcophagus, sculpted in high relief, preserving the back of a nude satyr, leaning to the right, a mantle wrapped around his bent left arm, the short end of the sarcophagus with the head of a goat facing right, its horns curving back, a tree at the corner
16 in. (40.6 cm.) high

Provenance

Belgian Private Collection, 1990s.

Lot Essay

The presence of a satyr and goat indicates that this fragment likely comes from a Dionysiac-themed sarcophagus. For the type see the complete sarcophagus with Dionysus and Ariadne, no. 67, pp. 138-142 in Baratte and Metzger, Musée du Louvre, Sarcophages en pierre d'époques romaine et paléochrétienne.

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