Lot 47
- 47
A Marble Relief Head of a Lion, Roman Imperial, 2nd half of the 3rd Century A.D.
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
- A Marble Relief Head of a Lion, Roman Imperial
- Marble
- 12 by 12 1/2 by 6 1/2 in. 30.5 by 31.8 by 16.5 cm.
from the left side of a strigillated sarcophagus with rounded ends, with robustly carved features, bared incisors, and deeply-drilled thick shaggy mane.
Provenance
acquired on the art market in Beirut in the 1960s
Catalogue Note
For a closely related example on a strigillated sarcophagus with twin lion heads holding rings in their mouth see F. W. Deichmann, ed., Repertorium der christlich-antiken Sarkophage I. Rom und Ostia, Wiesbaden, 1967, p. 312, no. 759, pl. 120 (//arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/29693; //arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/marbilderbestand/872729).