REVELERS GATHERING GRAPES, C/1 Long Box also known as Siddhartha Gautama

also known as Siddhartha Gautama

the lavish main lobby where the affluent would socialize

Commonly depicted in pairs

this box depicts an ankh carved with hieroglyphics

REVELERS GATHERING GRAPES, C/1 Long Box also known as Siddhartha Gautama"The groups of reveling couples on all sides, combined with the type of lid found on other examples of this Attic imperial sarcophagus, suggest a husband and wife were shown on top, as if reclining at a symposium on an elaborate couch." Source: Cornelis C. Vermeule (1978), "Sarcophagus: Revelers Gathering Grapes", in Eye of the Beholder, edited by Alan Chong, et al. (Boston: ISGM and Beacon Press, 2003): 12 13. Made of cold cast resin. Hand painted.