A ROMAN MARBLE ALTAR
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THE DEVOTED CLASSICIST: THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF A NEW YORK ANTIQUARIAN
A ROMAN MARBLE ALTAR

CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

Details
A ROMAN MARBLE ALTAR
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
11 7/8 in. (30.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 20 June 1990, lot 54.
Acquired by the current owner from the above.

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Lot Essay

This small altar, quadrangular in form, was dedicated to Jupiter, whose bust is depicted in relief on one side. The others feature a bucranium, sheaves of wheat and a cluster of grapes. The bae and top each feature delicate moldings with an acroteria at the corners and a large pinecone at the center. For a related depiction of Jupiter on a marble tondo bust, see no. 28 in R. Volkommer, “Zeus (In peripheria orientali),” LIMC, vol. VIII.

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