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ROMAN MARBLE CINERARY
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Style: Roman
Material: Marble Period: 1st CENTURY FLAVIAN / BOX FRONT CARVED DURING THE 17th To 18th CENTURY Size: 19 ½ Inches Tall x 16 Inches in Width x 13 ½ Inches In Length Culture: Roman Provenance: AN OLD MIAMI BEACH COLLECTION, ORIGINALLY FROM THE CITY OF ROME Price: $12,000 OR BEST OFFER This is a Roman Marble Cinerary Urn from the mid to later 1st century AD (Flavian period). The lid is originally from a different cinerary than the box, although both lid and box are Roman, and both are from the 1st century AD. An imperial splayed eagle is perched over waves on the front of the urn lid. The eagle is flanked by guardian siren heads facing outward at each front corner. Usually the eagle on a Roman cinerary was associated with those in imperial service such as the military, public administrators, ect. The two flanking sculpted guardians (in this case sirens) are typical of Roman marble funeral containers of the 1st Century. These guardian type sculpture corners can be viewed on sarcophaguses that are in the Vatican Museum Collection. The back of the cinerary lid has no engravings, which is typical of this type of cinerary as the lid was propped on that end when a cinerary opened, presumably for cleaning. The right corner on the lid back was broken in antiquity. Line engravings from the same 1st century period are on the urn box. The engraved image of a 17th or 18th century Italian Catholic Bishop, which appears on the front of the urn box, was obviously added later. The front of the box where the bishop is carved would originally would have had the deceased's name and other information of remembrance. The cinerary has dings and chips, and an iron rod had been drilled part-way vertically down into the interior left side of the urn, possibly done when the bishop was carved. A hole was carved around the area at the Bishops feet, and appears to have been put there for some type of plumbing. The cinerary was brought from Rome prior to 1938 and has been in America since then. The collector whom I bought this cinerary from is a well known architect and I will release his name upon request. Buyer pays all shipping and insurance costs for this piece, which weighs approx. 185 to 200 lbs. Contact : Dave Kenney |
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