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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A ROMAN MARBLE CINERARY URN
CIRCA LATE 1ST-EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN MARBLE CINERARY URN
CIRCA LATE 1ST-EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The front in two registers, the upper with the deceased shown sleeping, reclining to the right on a banqueting couch (lectus), resting her head on a pillow, a mantle draped over her legs and behind her shoulders, her upper torso nude, her right arm crossing her chest with the hand below her head, wearing an armband, holding a wreath in her left hand, a Latin inscription below, reading: "Plautia, loyal and faithful, who lived 23 years, 7 months and 1 day"
14 3/16 in. (36 cm.) wide
CIRCA LATE 1ST-EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The front in two registers, the upper with the deceased shown sleeping, reclining to the right on a banqueting couch (lectus), resting her head on a pillow, a mantle draped over her legs and behind her shoulders, her upper torso nude, her right arm crossing her chest with the hand below her head, wearing an armband, holding a wreath in her left hand, a Latin inscription below, reading: "Plautia, loyal and faithful, who lived 23 years, 7 months and 1 day"
14 3/16 in. (36 cm.) wide
Provenance
with Rainer Zietz, London.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1993.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1993.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer