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A GREEK MARBLE VOTIVE RELIEF WITH FUNERARY BANQUET
A GREEK MARBLE VOTIVE RELIEF WITH FUNERARY BANQUET
A GREEK MARBLE VOTIVE RELIEF WITH FUNERARY BANQUET
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A GREEK MARBLE VOTIVE RELIEF WITH FUNERARY BANQUET

HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK MARBLE VOTIVE RELIEF WITH FUNERARY BANQUET
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
15 1⁄2 in. (39.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva; thence by descent to the present owner.
Special notice
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Lot Essay


The scene, framed within a stoa or portico, depicts two men reclining on a sofa during a banquet, being attended by servants, represented in diminutive size, carrying food and a crater of wine.
The motif of the funerary banquet enjoyed uninterrupted popularity in the Greek world from the 5th Century B.C., both for votive and funerary purposes, with relatively little variation in composition. For a similar banquet relief dating to the 4th Century B.C. now in the Walters Art Gallery see E. D. Reeder, Hellenistic Art, Baltimore, 1988, p. 88, no. 14.

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