A ROMAN MARBLE CINERARY URN AND LID
A ROMAN MARBLE CINERARY URN AND LID
A ROMAN MARBLE CINERARY URN AND LID
A ROMAN MARBLE CINERARY URN AND LID
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A ROMAN MARBLE CINERARY URN AND LID

FLAVIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 69-96 A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE CINERARY URN AND LID
FLAVIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 69-96 A.D.
16 ½ x 16 ¼ x 12 ½ in. (41.9 x 41.3 x 31.7 cm.)
Provenance
Sir Francis Cook, 1st Baronet (1817-1901), Doughty House, Richmond, Surrey.
Sir Francis Cook, 4th Baronet (1907-1978), by descent, sold shortly after WWII.
The estate of Joan Griffiths; Christie's, Antiquities, London, 28 July 2009, lot 288A.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 11 June 2010, lot 44.
Antiquities, Bonhams, London, 2 October 2014, lot 43.
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art, Sotheby's, London, 3 July 2018, lot 38.
Literature
L. A. Muratori, Novus Thesaurus Veterum Inscriptionum, Milan, 1739-1742, p. 1319, no. 8.
A. Michaelis, Ancient Marbles in Great Britain, Cambridge, 1882, p. 642, no. 80.
C. Hülsen, ed., Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, vol. VI: Inscriptiones Urbis Romae latinae, part 4: Additamenta, Berlin, 1902, no. 30482a.
E. Strong, 'Antiques in the Collection of Sir Frederic Cook, Bart., at Doughty House, Richmond', Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. 28, 1908, p. 40, no. 65, fig. 23.
F. Sinn, Stadtrömische Marmorurnen, Mainz am Rhein, 1987, p. 149, no. 227.

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Lot Essay

The funerary inscription to L. Casperius Epaphroditus is believed to be a modern addition, possibly copied from one in Naples (CIL VI.14480; Catalogo delle iscrizioni latine del Museo di Napoli, vol. 1, Naples, 2000, p. 114-115, no. 218).

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