Lot Essay
The simplified drapery and inorganic body correspond to a fragment from a sarcophagus dating to the 4th century A.D., cf. no. 240 in K. Weitzmann, Age of Spirituality: Late Antique and Early Christian Art, Third to Seventh Century, 1979.
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CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
AN EARLY BYZANTINE MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
17 in. (43 cm.) high
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
17 in. (43 cm.) high
Provenance
Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva; thence by descent to the present owner.
Special notice
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Claudio Corsi
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The simplified drapery and inorganic body correspond to a fragment from a sarcophagus dating to the 4th century A.D., cf. no. 240 in K. Weitzmann, Age of Spirituality: Late Antique and Early Christian Art, Third to Seventh Century, 1979.