Antefix with a palmette motif

Roman, circa 1st century AD
Marble
H.: 32.5 cm. - W.: 24 cm.- D.: 7.5 cm. 

Provenance:

By tradition, said to have been brought in England by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl Of Elgin (1766-1841) and probably found on the Acropolis in Athens. Presented by Rev. A.R.J Munro (O.C.), Rector Of Lincoln College, Oxford in March 1944 (numbered 156-1960 in the Black Ledger), Charterhouse School Museum, largely formed between 1874-1940. Sotheby's London, “The Charterhouse Collection”, 5 November 2002, Lot 92. Then in the private collection of the British Interior Designer Robert Kime (1946-2022), acquired at the above sale.