Lansdowne Relief

Dark grey limestone relief, decorated in three registers: the largest, central frieze is divided by four arching niches and bordered on either side by a vertical ornament of male and female figures among interlacing acanthus branches. Between the niches are three mythological scenes, l-r: Odysseus sailing past the sirens; Dionysos and the pirates; the Argonauts and the Stymphalian birds. Above this frieze is a narrow frieze with hunting scenes, partially set in a reed-bed; below another narrow frieze with a marine theme, dolphins, hippocamps and other marine creatures. Tivoli Dimension(s): height, 56, cm; width, 181.5, cm; depth, 23, cm; weight, 500, K, approx. Loan Ant.117 Documentation: Christie's Sale Catalogue, 5th July 1995., #220 Object Number: GR.1.2012 (Antiquities) http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/160187