Lot Essay
For a similar Cupid from a side panel of a sarcophagus see no. 34, pl. 13 in S. Walker, Catalogue of Roman Sarophagi in the British Museum.
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CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
From the left edge of a panel, perhaps the side panel of a sarcophagus, sculpted with a standing figure of Cupid, depicted nude, his body three-quarter frontal, turned to his right, his right knee bent, his head looking back, his wings upraised behind, with the feathers indicated, his loose deeply-drilled curls falling to his shoulders and pulled up in a top-knot, his hands overlapping the vertical side border, portions of the upper and lower borders preserved
31¼ in. (79.4 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
From the left edge of a panel, perhaps the side panel of a sarcophagus, sculpted with a standing figure of Cupid, depicted nude, his body three-quarter frontal, turned to his right, his right knee bent, his head looking back, his wings upraised behind, with the feathers indicated, his loose deeply-drilled curls falling to his shoulders and pulled up in a top-knot, his hands overlapping the vertical side border, portions of the upper and lower borders preserved
31¼ in. (79.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Wiltshire, England, 1950s.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 5 June 2008, lot 42.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 5 June 2008, lot 42.
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