Cylindrical Pedestal Altar with Laurel Festoons, Dancers and Pipers, Maenads and Satyrs.
Roman, 2nd Century AD
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
100 AD - 200 AD
Materials
Marble
Measurements
109 x 90 cm
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Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516624
Summary
Sculpture, marble, Cylindrical Pedestal Altar with Laurel Festoons, Dancers and Pipers, Maenads and Satyrs, Roman 2nd century AD. Cylindrical marble pedestal altar carved with laurel festoons, dancers and pipers - continuous relief of Maenads and Satyrs.
Provenance
From Drakelow Hall, Derbyshire in 1934. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Makers and roles
Roman, 2nd Century AD , sculptor