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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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Pediment of a Grave Altar with Lion-Griffins

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