A LATE ROMAN MARBLE MOSAIC PANEL

CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.

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A LATE ROMAN MARBLE MOSAIC PANEL
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
Composed of multicolored tesserae on a cream ground, preserving three rows, each with alternating circles and diamonds, with varying geometric designs in their interiors, pelta shields between them
42 5/8 in. x 74 1/8 in. (108.2 cm. x 188.2 cm.)

Provenance

with Boris Mussienko, Upper Marlboro, Maryland.
William Froelich, New York, acquired from the above, 1982.

Lot Essay

As K.M.D. Dunbabin notes, (Mosaics of The Greek and Roman World, p. 177) "In the second half of the fourth century A.D. a new style of geometric mosaic became popular, based on the principle of the repetitive carpet-like pattern which covered wide areas without interruption."

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