REVELERS GATHERING GRAPES, C/1 Unity Temple Skylight Hand painted for a natural

Hand painted for a natural scale finish

roadsides and other public places

Two sets of winged gargoyles support this sand timer atop a carved base

Originally designed to frighten off evil spirits

REVELERS GATHERING GRAPES, C/1 Unity Temple Skylight Hand painted for a natural"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.