Greek marble stela fragment depicting a heroic warrior and mourners
G124£2,400.00
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A fragment from a marble stela depicting three figures standing around an altar. On the right side of the altar is a naked youth holding a crested Corinthian warrior’s helmet in his raised right hand. In front of the altar is a figure of a young girl looking up to the youth and to the left is a draped older man with his hand raised to his head.
The composition indicates that the frontal-facing youth is the focus of the scene, being the heroic embodiment of a deceased warrior who is being mourned by his father and daughter or infant sister.
Culture
Greek, Hellenistic, 2nd or 1st Century BC
Size
27 x 23 x 9.5 cms
Condition
Fragment as shown, remains of former mounting supports in the lower edge
Provenance
Ex. collection: Theo and Rosemary Cutting, The Old Bakehouse, Whepstead, Suffolk, UK; acquired before 1990.