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Fragment of sarcophagus relief with the fall of Troy

about A.D. 140
Medium/TechniqueMarble, Dolomitic from the Greek island of Thasos
DimensionsOverall: 28 x 19cm (11 x 7 1/2in.)
Weight: 35 lb. (15.88 kg)
Credit LineHarriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession number69.2
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceBy 1960: with Ars Antiqua AG, Haldenstrasse 5, Lucerne, Switzerland (Ars Antiqua auction 2, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, May 14, 1960, lot 60); by 1969: with Spink & Son, Ltd., 5, 6 & 7 King Street, St. James's, London, SW 1; purchased by MFA from Spink & Son, Ltd., January 8, 1969
Head of Aphrodite of the Capitoline type
about 2nd century A.D. (after a Hellenistic Greek type)
Head of a woman
about A.D. 120
Hermes
A.D. 117–138, after a Greek original of about 450–430 B.C.
Head of Bacchus (Dionysos)
2nd–early 3rd century A.D.
about A.D. 180–210
Head of a boy
1st century A.D. (after a Hellenistic prototype)