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Lot 1891 - S19 Dr Sylvia Legrain Collection - Wednesday, 20. September 2023, 10.00 AM

FRAGMENT OF AN EROTES SARCOPHAGUS WITH A CIRCUS RACE

Roman, 2nd quarter of the 2nd century A.D.
Marble, carved in bas-relief with remains of paintwork. Putto driving a chariot with a two-horse team, a cut-off horse coming from the right (fragmentary).
L 28.5 cm.


Small fillings along the edges. Losses.

Provenance:
- French collection.
- Triple Gallery, Bremgarten bei Bern, January 11, 2006.

With a French export certificate (June 17, 2005).

Cf. Konrad Schauenburg, Die Stadtrömischen Erotensarkophage, Zirkusrennen und verwandte Darstellungen, Berlin, 1995. Illustrations of similar depictions of erotes, but without the depiction of a direct collision on the same frieze.


CHF 3 000 / 4 000 | (€ 3 090 / 4 120)

Sold for CHF 3 000 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.