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Funerary relief of Gaius Iulius from Byzantium. 1st century AD. H 53.3 cm, W 40.6 cm. White, fine crystalline marble. Plate with recessed image field. On the left is a woman dressed in a chiton with a himation pulled over her head, probably holding a poppy capsule in her hand. To her right is her husband in Greek bourgeois dress. To his left is a tripod table with food. In each of the lower corners is a miniature servant in a mourning pose. On the upper edge the inscription ΓΑΙΟΣ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ / ΒΥZΑΝΤΕΙΝΟΣ. Published in E. Pfuhl - H. Möbius, Die ostgriechischen Grabreliefs I (1977) p. 255 no. 1012 with pl. 152; Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum vol. 27, 1977, p. 311 no. 1223; A. Lajtar, Die Inschriften von Byzantion. Inscriptions of Greek cities from Asia Minor vol. 58, 2000, pp. 242 f. No. 352; Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd, London, Ancient Art from the Van Roozendaal Collection, 2018, no. 36 with illus. Lower edge bumped, transverse, glued break, otherwise only minimal damage. Provenance: At Gorny & Mosch auction 279, 2021, 95; ex Chenel Collection, Paris; Sotheby's London, 11-17 December 2020, lot 86. Acquired from Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch, London 2018; ex property Dr. and Mrs. Louk van Roozendaal, Holland; ex Christie's Amsterdam, March 8, 1984, lot 89 (Derksen Collection, 1913 - 1996); ex Alex Wengraf, Arcade Gallery, London 1970; illustrated in The Burlington Magazine February 1970, LXXI, ad.
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Funerary relief of Gaius Iulius from Byzantium. 1st century AD. H 53.3 cm, W 40.6 cm. White, fine crystalline marble. Plate with recessed image field. On the left is a woman dressed in a chiton with a himation pulled over her head, probably holding a poppy capsule in her hand. To her right is her husband in Greek bourgeois dress. To his left is a tripod table with food. In each of the lower corners is a miniature servant in a mourning pose. On the upper edge the inscription ΓΑΙΟΣ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ / ΒΥZΑΝΤΕΙΝΟΣ. Published in E. Pfuhl - H. Möbius, Die ostgriechischen Grabreliefs I (1977) p. 255 no. 1012 with pl. 152; Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum vol. 27, 1977, p. 311 no. 1223; A. Lajtar, Die Inschriften von Byzantion. Inscriptions of Greek cities from Asia Minor vol. 58, 2000, pp. 242 f. No. 352; Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd, London, Ancient Art from the Van Roozendaal Collection, 2018, no. 36 with illus. Lower edge bumped, transverse, glued break, otherwise only minimal damage. Provenance: At Gorny & Mosch auction 279, 2021, 95; ex Chenel Collection, Paris; Sotheby's London, 11-17 December 2020, lot 86. Acquired from Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch, London 2018; ex property Dr. and Mrs. Louk van Roozendaal, Holland; ex Christie's Amsterdam, March 8, 1984, lot 89 (Derksen Collection, 1913 - 1996); ex Alex Wengraf, Arcade Gallery, London 1970; illustrated in The Burlington Magazine February 1970, LXXI, ad.
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