Roman Cinerary Urn inscribed for Caesennia Grapte

Lot description: A Roman Marble Cinerary Urn inscribed for Caesennia Grapte, Julio-Claudian, 1st half of the 1st Century A.D., with 18th Century Lid. with splayed foot, deep ovoid body, and cylindrical handles carved in low relief with inverted palmettes, the body finely carved in shallow relief with scrolling branches of grapevine and ivy springing from beneath each handle, the rectangular panel in front engraved with three lines of Latin inscription reading D(iis) M(anibus) / Caesenniae / Graptes matris ("To the Spirits of the Departed of Caesennia Grapte, mother"); finial of restored lid missing.拍品描述：一件为凯森尼娅·格拉普特（Caesennia Grapte）制作并镌刻铭文的罗马大理石骨灰瓮（Cinerary Urn），年代属于尤利乌斯-克劳狄王朝（Julio-Claudian），为公元1世纪上半叶之物，其瓮盖为18世纪所制。该瓮带有外撇式器足、深卵形器身，圆柱状把手以浅浮雕技法雕刻有倒转的棕榈叶饰纹；器身以浅浮雕工艺精细雕刻有卷须葡萄藤与常春藤枝叶，纹样从每个把手下方延伸而出；正面的长方形饰板上镌刻有三行拉丁文铭文，内容为：D(iis) M(anibus) / Caesenniae / Graptes matris，意为“致凯森尼娅·格拉普特之魂，吾母”；修复后的瓮盖顶饰已缺失。