ROMAN FUNERARY RELIEF
EUROPE, C. 1ST - 2ND CENTURY A.D.
£12,500
African & Oceanic Art and Antiquities
Auction: 16 September 2020 at 15:00 BST
Description
with a four-line inscription in Latin framed by two standing nude Cupids, their heads turned in toward each other, with deeply-drilled curling locks, an upright spear held in one hand, an animal offering in the other, one with a duck, the other with a rabbit, the inscription reading:
Q. Lollius Lollianus lived 7 years, 5 months, 5 days
Dimensions
42cm high x 60cm wide
Footnote
Provenance:
Private collection, United States
Leslie Hindman, 16th October 2017, lot 295.