Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

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A Roman Marble Erotes Sarcophagus Fragment with Chariot Race, 3rd Century A.D.

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July 5, 01:29 PM GMT

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3,000 - 4,000 GBP

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A Roman Marble Erotes Sarcophagus Fragment with Chariot Race

3rd Century A.D.


carved in high relief with a fragmentary erote driving a biga in the circus, a second erote riding a horse next to him, the turning post visible before him, a horse’s head on the remains of the adjoining side; no restorations.

34.5 by 26 cm

French private collection, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, acquired in the 1960s/1970s
Azur Enchères, Cannes, July 20th, 2021, no. 164
acquired by the present owner at the above sale

For similar sarcophagus reliefs see K. Schauenburg, Die stadtrömischen Eroten-Sarkophage. Zirkusrennen, Die antiken Sarkophagreliefs, vol. V.2.3, Berlin, 1995. For a slightly earlier example see https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/1138813.

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