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CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN OPUS SECTILE MOSAIC
circa 1st-2nd century a.d.
Preserving a square from a larger composition, formed of mosaic and monochrome glass, with transparent green rectangles framed by opaque yellow at the corners and in the center, each side composed of two thin rectangles of opaque yellow dotted circles on a red ground, framing an opaque yellow rosette on a red ground, with similar dotted circle panels between the rosettes and the central green and yellow rectangle, the resulting four squares composed of opaque streaked red triangles divided by thin panels of white dots on an opaque red ground
4 in. (11.4 cm) wide
circa 1st-2nd century a.d.
Preserving a square from a larger composition, formed of mosaic and monochrome glass, with transparent green rectangles framed by opaque yellow at the corners and in the center, each side composed of two thin rectangles of opaque yellow dotted circles on a red ground, framing an opaque yellow rosette on a red ground, with similar dotted circle panels between the rosettes and the central green and yellow rectangle, the resulting four squares composed of opaque streaked red triangles divided by thin panels of white dots on an opaque red ground
4 in. (11.4 cm) wide
Provenance
Martinetti Collection
Literature
Sangiorgi, Collezione di Vetri Antichi, no. 270, pl. LIII.