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ECL-Bm.5:35/2-2012

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Object number

ECL-Bm.5:35/2-2012

Object type

Identification

Title

Garland Sarcophagus

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

Bm 5. 34. 2 and 35.2 are catalogued together, being part of the same sarcophagus

Description

Content (description)

Four nude putti support three garlands of fruit and leaves. Over each garland on a projection covered with a skin stand two bacchic masks, facing one another. Satyr masks at the corners of the lid flank a relief of putti riding through waves on sea-monsters.

Content (object)

drawing
drawing

Dimensions

height (actual size): 377mm
width (actual size): 487mm

Inscription

Urna nel Palazzo del Marchese Corca trovata nel Mausoleo d'Agosto

Inscription description

M. C. II written in pencil on front of drawing

Materials & techniques note

red chalk on paper

Production

Person

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Toynbee, Hadrianic School (207 pl. XLV 1-2 )
• JRS (17; 14-15)
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