Ancient Art Department

Ancient Art Council
Legion of Honor
100 34th Avenue, Lincoln Park
San Francisco, CA 94121

Season Sarcophagus

Roman, 260–280 A.D.

This sarcophagus, or coffin, contains imagery, carved in high relief, symbolic of both the agricultural seasons and Bacchic ritual. On coffins and other monuments of the late Roman period, youths symbolizing the seasons were popular features.

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Marble

H 19 x L 70

Museum purchase, M. H. de Young Endowment Fund

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