Roman child's sarcophagus
Unknown Artist
- Art Funded
- 1995
- Dimensions
- 90 x 28 cm
- Vendor
- Executors of Lord Howard of Henderskelfe
Sarcophagus of a child, carved in relief with scenes celebrating Bacchus, who appears in the centre of the front panel.
The figure on the lid, a sleeping Paposilenus, is a Neo-Classical addition. Lid of the chest is 35.6 x 11.2 cm.
Provenance
Bought in the eighteenth century for the Castle Howard collection.