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Sarcophagus Fragment
Sarcophagus Fragment

Sarcophagus Fragment

Artist Unknown
Date3rd century
MediumMarble
Dimensions21 x 28 1/2 x 17 in. (53.3 x 72.4 x 43.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes)
Object numberG.79.11.8
On View
On view
ProvenanceWith Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York; sold to NCMA (funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes, Winston-Salem, NC), 1979.Published ReferencesEdgar Peters Bowron, ed., Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), illus. (b-w) 60.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions,” November 8, 1979-May 1980.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Reflections on Light: Works from the NCMA Collection,” September 9, 2020–August 15, 2021.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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