REVELERS GATHERING GRAPES, C/1 Long Box According to early accounts

According to early accounts

in the Book of the Dead

the underworld

this box depicts an ankh carved with hieroglyphics

This great Steampunk inspired sand timer would be great as a gift of for home decor

REVELERS GATHERING GRAPES, C/1 Long Box According to early accounts"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.