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Ostotheca for the deceased wife of Apellas. Roman Imperial period, 1st century A.D. H 28cm, W 48cm, D 35cm. White, fine crystalline marble. Box-shaped shrine, the front decorated with elaborate fruit garlands hanging in the center above a bull's head and on the right corner above a ram's head. On the sides and back, the garlands are only executed in bosses. A smooth, convex profile forms the lower end. Inside, the box is only crudely lined. An inscription is engraved on the front at the top edge and on the bottom profile: [...]Η ΚΑΤΟΙΧΟΜΕΝΗ / ΑΠΕΛΛΑΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΣ ZΗ ("Apellas, the Ephesian, son of Dionysius [had this made] for the deceased [...] during his lifetime."). The shape of the almost square letters indicates the first century AD. Lid missing, breakout from the back over the left side to the upper left corner. Provenance: At Gorny & Mosch auction 279, Munich 2021, lot 96; from the German private collection H. W., acquired in the mid-1970s.

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Ostotheca for the deceased wife of Apellas. Roman Imperial period, 1st century A.D. H 28cm, W 48cm, D 35cm. White, fine crystalline marble. Box-shaped shrine, the front decorated with elaborate fruit garlands hanging in the center above a bull's head and on the right corner above a ram's head. On the sides and back, the garlands are only executed in bosses. A smooth, convex profile forms the lower end. Inside, the box is only crudely lined. An inscription is engraved on the front at the top edge and on the bottom profile: [...]Η ΚΑΤΟΙΧΟΜΕΝΗ / ΑΠΕΛΛΑΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΣ ZΗ ("Apellas, the Ephesian, son of Dionysius [had this made] for the deceased [...] during his lifetime."). The shape of the almost square letters indicates the first century AD. Lid missing, breakout from the back over the left side to the upper left corner. Provenance: At Gorny & Mosch auction 279, Munich 2021, lot 96; from the German private collection H. W., acquired in the mid-1970s.

Estimate 7 200 - 9 000 EUR
Starting price 7 200 EUR

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