Roman Marble Panel from a Cinerarium

Of rectangular form, the tabula with a worn inscription, a wavy line along the architrave above, the corners supported by the heads of ram-horned satyrs in high relief, their curly hair and beards drilled, a scene below showing a rabbit nibbling at a cornucopia of drilled vines and fruits, 14½in (36.9cm) wide, chipped, mounted on a modern marble base.

h. 19.3 x w. 36.2 x d. 7 cm

c. 1st-2nd century AD

Marble

Provenance

Ex private collection of an English lady, UK, early 1990s, Acquired from the Olympia Fine Art and Antiquities Fair
Bonhams, Sale 15216, London, October 26, 2007, lot 177

Publications

Bonham's London, Antiquities Sale, October 26, 2007, p. 80, lot 177
J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 105, fig. 69

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