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Lot 131

A Tarantine Limestone Column Capital and Base Pilaster

Lot 131

A Tarantine Limestone Column Capital and Base Pilaster

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $14,000 - $16,000

Estimate$14,000 – $16,000

Status

Closed

A Tarantine Limestone Column Capital and Base Pilaster

Circa Early 3rd Century B.C.

Width 8 inches.

Property from the Estate of Lewis B. Cullman

Provenance:

Robert Haber & Associates, New York, prior to 1991.

Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1991.

Published:

D. Buitron and B. Cohen, eds., The Odyssey and Ancient Art: An Epic in Word and Image, Annandale-on-Hudson, 1992, pp. 123, 133, no. 45.

Exhibited:

Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, The Edith C. Blum Art Institute, Bard College, The Odyssey and Ancient Art: An Epic in Word and Image, 6 October 1991-1 March 1992.

New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012-2020 (L.2012.45.3a, b).

Intact as preserved. The capital has losses to the left side of the scroll and the siren figure's right arm. Additional loses include the egg and dart motif on the upper right. Minor chips and gashes throughout. Encrustation and brownish patina. No obvious restoration.

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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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