FRAGMENTARY FUNERARY BAS-RELIEF depicting a horse, a fruit tree, a dove, a fish and the word "DONATVS". At the back, the lastre was carved earlier sculpted, which suggests that an architectural element was This suggests that an architectural element was used to build the plaque. White marble. Height 22.5 x Width 43 cm Eastern Mediterranean, 4th-7th century An Eastern Mediterranean marble fragmentary funerary relief. Featuring a horse, a fruit tree, a dove, a fish and the word "DONATVS". at the rear, the laster was previously sculpted, which suggests the reuse of an architectural element for the construction of this funerary plaque.4th-7th century A.D. Provenance Former collection of Mr G.D., a philosophy professor in Sousse in 1949 and left Tunisia in 1972 to take up a post in Japan. The heiress was questioned by the OCBC at the request of the Tunisian Embassy. and found that the purchase of these objects was legal. Acquired at Hôtel des Ventes de Montpellier, 02/12/2015, lot 161