BAS-RELIEF FRAGMENT White marble with a honey-coloured patina Dimensions: 35 x 25 x 9.5 cm Roman art, 2nd–3rd century Provenance Former private collection in the south of France, assembled between the 1970s and 2000 Passed down through the family ever since Carved in high relief, this corner fragment preserves the upper part of a sarcophagus basin, surmounted by its projecting cornice. It depicts a youthful deity, reclining, with a bare torso and a panel of drapery falling in soft folds over the lower body. The head, slightly tilted and turned towards his left, has a chubby face with full cheeks and a rounded chin, framed by a profuse, curly head of hair, the locks of which fall down onto the nape of the neck — a characteristic physiognomic type found in depictions of the young Bacchus. A Roman marble fragment of a sarcophagus relief depicting Bacchus. 2nd–3rd century AD. Carved in high relief, this corner fragment preserves the upper part of a sarcophagus chest, surmounted by its projecting cornice. It depicts a youthful deity, half-reclining, with a bare torso and a drapery panel drawn in soft folds across the lower body. The head, slightly tilted and turned to the left, features a chubby face with full cheeks and a rounded chin, framed by abundant curly hair whose locks fall to the nape of the neck — a physiognomic type characteristic of depictions of the young Bacchus.