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A Tarantine Limestone Column Capital and Base Pilaster
Width 8 inches.
Estimate: $14,000-$16,000
Passed
Live Auction
Antiquities & Ancient Art
Size
Width 8 inches.
Description
A Tarantine Limestone Column Capital and Base Pilaster
Circa Early 3rd Century B.C.
Width 8 inches.
Property from the Estate of Lewis B. Cullman
Condition
Intact as preserved. The capital has losses to the left side of the scroll and the siren figure's right arm. Additional loses include the egg and dart motif on the upper right. Minor chips and gashes throughout. Encrustation and brownish patina. No obvious restoration.
Provenance
Provenance:
Robert Haber & Associates, New York, prior to 1991.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1991.
Published:
D. Buitron and B. Cohen, eds., The Odyssey and Ancient Art: An Epic in Word and Image, Annandale-on-Hudson, 1992, pp. 123, 133, no. 45.
Exhibited:
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, The Edith C. Blum Art Institute, Bard College, The Odyssey and Ancient Art: An Epic in Word and Image, 6 October 1991-1 March 1992.
New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012-2020 (L.2012.45.3a, b).