Lot Essay
For a similar example see no. 163, pl. 34b, p.133 in Sinn, Stadtrömische Marmorurnen.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF CHRISTIAN B. PEPER
A ROMAN MARBLE CINERARY URN FRAGMENT
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN MARBLE CINERARY URN FRAGMENT
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
With an inscribed rectangular panel on the front above the lintel of double-doors, each with two ring pulls, a foliate garland with berries draped across the doors and framing the panel, suspended by ribbons tied to the lower edge of the pediment, a spirally-fluted Corinthian column at the corner, the preserved side with incised lines imitating masonry, the front panel inscribed in Latin, reading: "To the Shades of the Dead (and) of Arria Clamys, freedwoman of Gaius (Arrius)"
13¼ in. (33.7 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
With an inscribed rectangular panel on the front above the lintel of double-doors, each with two ring pulls, a foliate garland with berries draped across the doors and framing the panel, suspended by ribbons tied to the lower edge of the pediment, a spirally-fluted Corinthian column at the corner, the preserved side with incised lines imitating masonry, the front panel inscribed in Latin, reading: "To the Shades of the Dead (and) of Arria Clamys, freedwoman of Gaius (Arrius)"
13¼ in. (33.7 cm.) high
Provenance
with Sestieri Antichita, Rome, 1975.
Acquired by Christian B. Peper, St. Louis, and brought to the U.S., 1975.
Acquired by Christian B. Peper, St. Louis, and brought to the U.S., 1975.
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