Inv. n°: MMoCA402

Pediment of a Grave Altar with Lion-Griffins

The pediment in front is decorated in relief with two confronting seated griffins flanking an incense burner on tripod feet, to either side it is flanked by acroteria carved with masks with twisted locks of hair, the rear two acroteria cut with acanthus leaf.

h. 36 x w. 65 x p. 40 cm

1st-2nd century AD

Marble

Provenance

  • Ex collection of Francois Antonovich, Paris, acquired before 1980
  • Christie's Antiquities Sale, London, 5th October 2000, lot 57
  • Pierre Berge Antiquities Sale, Paris, 27-28 October 2006, lot 397
  • Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London, 2006-2007
  • Acquired by Cahn Auktionen AG Auction from the above, Basel (Swizerland), 2007
  • Acquired at Cahn Auktionen AG Auction 4, Basel (Swizerland), 18th September 2009, lot 347

Publications

  • Francois Antonovich, Les metamorphoses divines d'Alexandre, Mouseion éd., 1996, 205, 310, 395
  • Christie's Antiquities Sale, London, 5th October 2000, p. 32, lot 57
  • Pierre Berge, Achéologie, Arts de l'Orient, Extrême Orient, Paris, 27th & 28th October 2006, p. 96, lot 397
  • TEFAF, Maastricht, March 2007
  • Cahn Auction AG, Auction 4, 18th September 2009, p. 194, lot 347
  • J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 105, fig. 68
  • Hélène Bouillon (dir.), "Créatures magiques", Animaux fantastiques, du merveilleux dans l'art, Louvre Lens, France, 2023, p. 169, no. 91

Exhibitions

  • The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF), MECC, Maastricht, Netherlands, 2007 — 2009
  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011
  • Animaux fantastiques, Louvre Lens, Lens, France, 27th September 2023 — 15th January 2024

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