ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

Sculpted in sunk relief with the deceased reclining on a funeral bed within an aedicula with a triangle pediment, the figure wearing a tunic and mantle, his face turned frontal, holding a two-handled cup in his right hand and a bolt of cloth in his left. Measures 13 inches (33cm) high.

Provenance: Gustave Jequier (1868-1946)

A very similar example can be found in the Hood Museum of Art. Their piece reportedly came from Kom Abou, Billou, Egypt, which was the site of a University of Michigan excavation in 1935.