Imperial Roman Marble Sarcophagus Fragment

with portrait bust held by a bearded centaur, with nymphs and erotes. A rare image of Scylla beneath the tondo.

 

Antonine, 2nd Century AD

 

Height: 62.2 cm.     (24 1/2 in.)

Width: 61.6 cm.     (24 1/4 in.)

 

ex: Private American collection, 1980's

 

Published: Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures X (New York, 2012) p. 38-39

 

cf:  Koch, Guntram & Hellmut Sichtermann; Romische Sarköphage (Munich, 1982) no.284, 386

 

 

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