100 - 300 AD Roman. A frieze from a marble sarcophagus depicting an intriguing scene in low to high relief from the Calydonian Hunt - the hunt in progress - with a winged Nike/Victory (her wings serving as an indicator of the celebration and the win to come) holding a pair of birds in her right hand and a corn stalk in her left, being pulled on a wheeled chariot/vehicle by two boars with additional corn stalks in the background. On the right is a large Cupid (Greek Eros) holding his left shoulder with his right hand and leaning upon a walking stick or possibly Hercules' club, with phytomorphic forms and a lizard-like critter on the ground. Size: 25.5" W x 14.75" H (64.8 cm x 37.5 cm). The boar references the Calydonian Boar, a monster of Greek mythology defeated by heroes in the infamous Calydonian Hunt. The story of the Calydonian Boar ignited the ancient Roman imagination as well; in fact, the Roman poet Ovid retold the story passionately in Metamorphoses. Size: L:375mm / W:630mm ; 38.25kg; Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-William Froelich collection, New York, USA, acquired in the 1970s