CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY B.C.

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A ROMAN TERRACOTTA 'CAMPANA' RELIEF
CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY B.C.
With a Dionysiac wine-making scene, depicting two satyrs, one bearded, holding hands, treading grapes, each wearing a nebris (panther skin) tied around the neck, flanked on the right by Silenus carrying a basket overflowing with grapes and to the left another young satyr wearing a nebris, playing a single aulos and a horn, the upper border with linked palmettes
12¾ x 16¼ in. (32.4 x 41.2 cm.)

Provenance

New York art market, early 1980s.
with Antiquarium Ltd, New York, 1995.

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
F. Segan, The Philosopher's Kitchen. Recipes from Ancient Greece and Rome for the Modern Cook, New York, 2004, p. 38.

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