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Showing the deceased man. He reclines on a couch wearing a finely draped toga, holding a phiale in his left hand, his wife seated on the edge of the couch, both holding hands in tender parting; she wears a himation, her wavy hair in a chignon, the couch decorated with palm tree.

h. 48 cm

c. 1st - 2nd century AD

Marble

Provenance

Formerly in the collection of Graham Geddes, Melbourne, Australia, acquired in 1982
Acquired at Bonhams London, Sale 16639 - The Geddes Collection, 15th October 2008, lot 59

Publications

Sotheby's, Antiquities Sale, July 1988
Bonhams London, Antiquities Sale, The Geddes Collection, 15th October 2008, lot 59
J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 110, fig. 78

Exhibitions

University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 1st March 1988 — 1st July 2003
Museum of Mediterranean Antiquities, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 1st November 2005 — 1st April 2008
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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Roman Marble Relief Fragment of a Sarcophagus

Provenance

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Exhibitions