A Roman Marble Sarcophagus Fragment Depicting Endymion
Sale 1035 - Antiquities and Ancient Art: A Study
May 26, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$15,000 -
20,000
Price Realized
$16,250
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Lot 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
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.
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