
Property of a Distinguished American Private Collector (Lots 9-50)
Lot 47*
A Roman marble sarcophagus fragment with the head of a barbarian
23 June – 7 July 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,664 inc. premium
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A Roman marble sarcophagus fragment with the head of a barbarian
Circa 3rd Century A.D.
With unruly hair, surmounted by a headdress, an object, possibly the handle of a weapon, to the right and partially obscured by the face 12.5cm high
With unruly hair, surmounted by a headdress, an object, possibly the handle of a weapon, to the right and partially obscured by the face 12.5cm high
Footnotes
Provenance:
Private collection, North America.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 14 December 1993, lot 313.
S. Carroll Collection, New York, 1993-2016.
with Ariadne Galleries, New York and London, acquired from the above collection.
Private American collection, acquired from the above, 23 January 2017.