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A GREEK MARBLE FUNERARY STELE, HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
作品估价：GBP 15,000
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A GREEK MARBLE FUNERARY STELE, HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
拍品描述：
A GREEK MARBLE FUNERARY STELE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C. 62.5cm high, 45.2cm wide Provenance:Private collection, UK, acquired in the 1970sBonhams London, Antiquities, 23rd October 2013, Lot 228 (£56,250 inc. BP)Bonhams London, Antiquities, 28th November 2019, Lot 97 (£18,812.50 inc. BP)In the form of a naiskos, the pediment with central roundel and acroteria at the corners, with a scene carved in high relief within a rectangular recess, flanked by columns, depicting a boat on a wavy sea with four occupants, the central standing draped male figure assisting a seated male with a rudder (), another male wearing a short tunic and standing at the prow holding the mast and unfurling the sail, the fourth male seated and holding a long oar at the stern of the boat, with five lines of a poem in Greek text inscribed below, reading: Many forms of death and ends of life are ordained for unhappy mortals. I was Hermes, the son of Hermes and the worthy Isidora; nurtured and brought up in this island until the age of twenty, when I die and swiftly leave the sweet light.