Bidspirit auction | RARE GREEK FUNERARY STELE OF

RARE GREEK FUNERARY STELE OF CLASSICAL PERIOD - Ca. Late 400, beginning of 300 BC. A splendid marble votive stele carved with the relief image of two figures. Likely representing a funerary scene, the figures are both dressed in traditional clothing: the woman stands to the left tightly wrapped in a kiton, while the other woman, wearing a large himation, is seated on a large chair with polygonal-section flared legs. She is holding the hands of the standing woman, likely a final farewell between them. For similar see: The famous stele of Hegeso in the National Archeological Museum of Athens, NAMA 3624. Size: 125mm x 95mm; Weight: 750g. Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. M. H. collection, Kensington, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.