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A Roman Mosaic Fragment Panel
Height 12 1/2 x width 35 x depth 2 1/2 inches.
Estimate: $5,000-$7,000
Sold
$8,000
Live Auction
Antiquities & Ancient Art
Size
Height 12 1/2 x width 35 x depth 2 1/2 inches.
Description
A Roman Mosaic Fragment Panel
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Height 12 1/2 x width 35 x depth 2 1/2 inches.
Condition
Intact as preserved. Some tesserae around the boarder broken or missing from antiquity. Scattered insignificant white-ish scuffs from handling. Mounted on fiberglass.
Provenance
Provenance:
Sotheby's, London, Antiquities, 13 & 14 July 1987, Lot 310 (originally one mosaic).
Published:
A. Michaelis, Ancient Marbles in Great Britain, Cambridge, 1882, p. 656, no. 136.
Note:
From part of a floor discovered near Rome on Monte Rosario about half a mile beyond the Porta Portensis on the banks of the Tiber.
Brought to the U.K. in the 19th century by the 8th Lord Kinnaird (1780-1826), and formed part of the collection of Antiquities at Rossie Priory.