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A MARBLE FRIEZE DEPICTING NIKE, CA. 1ST-3RD CENTURY AD

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Start price: $5,500

Estimated price: $8,000 - $10,000

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A large marble frieze depicting the Goddess Nike, the personification of victory, holding aloft a laurel crown. The piece was once part of a larger structure which must have included other sculptures, as evidenced by the remnant of a carved foot at the lower left of the frieze.

Ancient Rome – ca. 1st-3rd century AD.

H (without the base): 24 3/8 in., (61.8 cm.)

Condition: Good overall with minor surface wear due to age. Nike is missing her left arm, and there is a remnant of a foot from another statue at her lower right.