Rare lot of 9 antique roman marble fragments
Rare lot of 9 antique roman marble fragments
Rare lot of 9 antique roman marble fragments
Rare lot of 9 antique roman marble fragments
Rare lot of 9 antique roman marble fragments
Rare lot of 9 antique roman marble fragments
Rare lot of 9 antique roman marble fragments
Rare lot of 9 antique roman marble fragments
Rare lot of 9 antique roman marble fragments
Rare lot of 9 antique roman marble fragments
Rare lot of 9 antique roman marble fragments
Rare lot of 9 antique roman marble fragments
Rare lot of 9 antique roman marble fragments
Rare lot of 9 antique roman marble fragments
Rare lot of 9 antique roman marble fragments
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Rare lot of 9 antique roman marble fragments

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By Gallery Murmure des Arts
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650 €
16th century and older
Rome and ancient Greece
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From: 75008, Paris, France
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    Lot of 9 white marble fragments with excavation patina from ancient Roman monuments, including an element with acanthus leaf decoration (probably from a capital), several fragments of lintels, cornices, column bases and miscellaneous.

    Italy, Ancient Roman art, 1st-2nd century A.D.

    Fine-sized fragments ranging from 5 to 20 centimetres in length (see photo with metre for scale).

    Provenance: Collected near the Via Appia in the early 20th century by a family stationed at the Roman Embassy.
    This type of set is rare on the market. It recalls the collections of 18th- and 19th-century lovers of archaeological remains, in the tradition of illustrious collectors and antiquarians such as the Comte de Caylus, who considered fragments to be just as interesting as the statuary they once favored. It was in this sense that he wrote in his letters in 1758:
    "I always beg you to remember that I am not making a cabinet, that vanity not being my object, I do not care for pieces of pomp, but that rags of agate, stone, bronze, earth, glass, which can serve in any way to find a use or the passage of an author, are the object of my desires. I'm not making a cabinet, I'm making a course in antiquity, and I'm looking for usages, what proves them, practices them, what demonstrates them."
    The diversity of the fragments presented here makes this collection not only highly decorative and coherent, but also an essential source of information on the marble architecture that once adorned the capital of the Empire.

    Ref: 6MO8XOV3S5

    Condition As is
    Style Rome and ancient Greece (Marble and Stone Sculptures of Rome and ancient Greece Style)
    Period 16th century and older (Marble and Stone Sculptures 16th century and older)
    Country of origin Italy
    Internal reference 1740702
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    Location 75008, Paris, France
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