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Marble fragment in two registers; in the upper left part, one of them grabs a faun by his forelock while to the right, another faun flees from another winged god. Below, a second Erotes grabs the foot of a faun.

h. 50.8 x w. 43 cm

mid 2nd century AD

Marble

Provenance

Ex private French collection formed in the 1920’s
Ex collection of Michael Bianco, Westlake Village, California
Ader Picard Tajan, Art Antique Sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Salle no. 9, 24th April 1990, lot 88
Acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries from O. C, Paris, September 2003
Sold to M. B., Woodland Hills, CA, February 2004
Re-acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries, 2007
Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 2nd May 2008, BM0503

Publications

Ader Picard Tajan, Art Antique Sale Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Salle no. 9, 24th April 1990, lot 88 and front cover
J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2004, vol. XV, p. 18, fig. 38
J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 110, fig. 80
"C'est quoi cette oeuvre?'" in Ville de Mougins (ed.), Mougins Infos, France, Eté 2021, no.79, p. 29

Exhibitions

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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Roman Marble Relief of Erotes Frolicking with Fauns

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