Garland Sarcophagus

150-180 CE (Imperial)

143.4 cm 83.5 cm 69.9 cm

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Unlike many sarcophagi, this one is carved on all four sides in high relief. Garlands held by winged goddesses or personifications on the corners and Eros (Cupid) figures on the sides support the busts of a crowned deity (left) and a young girl (right). The sarcophagus was pro...

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[Excavated from the so-called Licinian tomb, via Piave, Rome, 1885]; Clemente Maraini, 1885, by excavation; Don Marcello Massarenti, Rome, by 1894, by purchase [marble no. 6]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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