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Lot 123

Lot 123

A Roman Marble Table

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000

Estimate$7,000 – $9,000

Status

Closed

A Roman Marble Table

Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.

Height 22 1/2 inches (57.3 cm).

Property from a New York Collection

Provenance:

Art Market, Munich, Germany.

Art Market, New York, prior to 12 June 2010.

Composed of three solid parts, the rectangular table-top with a slight interior depression and molded border rests upon two decoratively carved lion-leg supports (trapezophori). This kind of table (cartibulum) normally stood in the central room of a Roman private house (atrium). For earlier examples from Campania, see the archaeological sites of House of Cornelius Rufus, Pompeii and House of the Wooden Partition, Herculaneum; For a museum example, see the NY Carlsberg Glyptotek (Inv. no. I.N.2578).

Intact as preserved. No evidence of restoration. Overall Attic orange surface patina. Made of three large parts Fine, stable and attractive condition overall. Has custom crate. Width 47 3/4 inches (121.3 cm).

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Mr. Coley joined the Antiquities department in 2021 after working as Managing Director in the Ancient Art department at Colnaghi, the world’s oldest commercial art gallery, where he helped to establish the Ancient Art department and launched Colnaghi New York in 2017. Prior to Colnaghi, Mr. Coley was in the Greek and Roman Art department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. Coley holds a B.A. from the University of Miami and an M.A. in Art Market from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and he earned an art-appraisal certificate from New York University.

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Ancient Art & Natural History: A Cabinet of Curiosities

A Roman Marble Table

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