A ROMAN TERRACOTTA RELIEF

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN TERRACOTTA RELIEF
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Moulded with the central figure of a Nereid riding a bridled dolphin, her head turned back to look at an erote frolicking in the waves and holding up an unguentarium, Triton behind, balancing on his sinuous tail, holding a large casket in his right hand and an erote in his left arm, another bridled dolphin and erote in front
20¾ x 8 in. (52.7 x 20.3 cm.)

Provenance

with Wilhelm Henrich, Frankfurt, February 1962.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Die Sammlung Hubertus und Renate Wald Hamburg, Hamburg, 1998, pp. 182-183.

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