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Relief from a Season sarcophagus with two winged cupids

about A.D. 280
Country of Origin, for CustomsItaly
Medium/TechniqueMarble, probably from the island of Proconnesos in the Sea of Marmara
DimensionsOverall: 70 x 57 x 17cm (27 9/16 x 22 7/16 x 6 11/16in.)
Weight: 83.92 kg (185 lb.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Abraham C. Webber in memory of Mr. Abraham C. Webber
Accession number58.584
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ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceBy about 1600 to 19th century at least: in the Palazzo Giustiniani (now Palazzo Madama) collection (the complete side of the sarcophagus is illustrated in P. Kranz, Jahreszeiten-Sarkophage, pl. 34); by date unknown: Abraham C. Webber Collection (acquired in an antique shop on Cape Cod); by date unknown: Mrs. Abraham C. Webber Collection; gift of Mrs. Abraham C. Webber to MFA, June 5, 1958