Description:

Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A beautiful hand-carved marble tomb panel of a substantial rectangular form. The obverse side shows the body of a nude man, his muscular upper body, shoulders, and arms shown above an undecorated middle panel save for a delineated set of testes surmounted by a phallus, and a pair of broad feet peek out from beneath the middle panel along the lowest periphery. The stylized head boasts bulging ovoid eyes, a thick nose between grooved nasolabial folds, a rounded chin, and petite ears, all beneath a shaggy coiffure. Size: 11.75" W x 47.5" H (29.8 cm x 120.6 cm).

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-private Pistner Family collection, Florida, USA, acquired in the 1980s

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#146256

  • Condition: Repaired from two large pieces near the midsection, and areas of face repaired or restored, with small chips and light earthen stabilization material along break lines. Small chips and abrasions to obverse, peripheries, and verso, with softening to some finer details, and encrustations. Nice earthen deposits throughout. Mounted with a pair of modern metal bars on the verso for display purposes.

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