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A Roman Marble Sarcophagus Fragment Depicting Endymion
Length 25 1/2 inches (65 cm).
Estimate: $15,000-$20,000
Sold
$13,000
Live Auction
Antiquities and Ancient Art: A Study
Size
Length 25 1/2 inches (65 cm).
Description
A Roman Marble Sarcophagus Fragment Depicting Endymion
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Length 25 1/2 inches (65 cm).
Property from a Midwest Private Collection
Condition
Height 22 7/8 inches (58.1 cm).
Provenance
Provenance:
Christie's, South Kensington, Antiquities, 5 October 2000, Lot 214.
Royal Athena Galleries, New York, 2004.
Note:
In Greek mythology, Endymion is a handsome shepherd-prince who is granted immortality through eternal slumber and visited nightly by the moon-goddess Selene.