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THBByzantine Marble Mortar with Botanical Design
Lot 104
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Join us for a very special summer auction featuring fabulous fossils, rocks, and minerals, plus art depicting flora and fauna from antiquity to present day. This is one you won't want to miss! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Join us for a very special summer auction featuring fabulous fossils, rocks, and minerals, plus art depicting flora and fauna from antiquity to present day. This is one you won't want to miss! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Roman, Late Imperial to Early Byzantine Period, ca. 4th to 6th century CE. A gorgeous, hand-carved marble mortar in a form resembling that of the capital to a Corinthian column. Skillfully sculpted, the elegant vessel displays a flat, heavy base and thick walls that rise to an annular rim. The exterior of the mortar is adorned by an elaborate relief motif of lush foliage featuring 4 acanthus leaves, each with sprawling lobes and outward curling tips, and a beaded bottom border. A pair of knobs flank the rim, serving as petite handles. Size: 8.375" in diameter x 11.125" H (21.3 cm x 28.3 cm)
The Corinthian order is the most ornate of the orders (as opposed to the earlier Doric and Ionic) boasting slender fluted columns topped by elaborate capitals with acanthus leaves and scrolled volutes like this example. The famous Roman architect Vitruvius observed that the lavish Corinthian design "was produced out of the two other orders." Vitruvius described the Corinthian column as "an imitation of the slenderness of a maiden; for the outlines and limbs of maidens, being slenderer on account of their tender years, admit of prettier effects in the way of adornment."
Provenance: private East Coast collection, New York Gallery, New York, New York, USA, before 2010
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PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
#159534Expected surface wear as shown with some loss to risen areas, such as tops of leaves, and softening of details. Otherwise, excellent with nice earthen deposits on interior.Condition
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