A Roman Marble Votive Relief to Silvanus, 2nd/3rd Century A.D.

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Lot Closed

July 6, 01:13 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a European Private Collection

A Roman Marble Votive Relief to Silvanus

2nd/3rd Century A.D.

in high relief, the god standing next to a tree with the weight on his left leg, holding a fragmentary pine branch in his left hand and a knife in his now missing right hand, and wearing boots and animal skin filled with fruit and tied on his right shoulder, a fragmentary figure of a dog at his side, together with an associated Roman marble half column base; no restorations.

Height 58 by 23 by 22 cm; column base 17 by 45 by 34 cm.

acquired in the 1970s/1980s, probably at auction at Replica Shoes 's or Christie's

For similar reliefs representing Silvanus see http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/17905 (Palazzo Doria Pamphili) and http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/37226 (Musei Capitolini).