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A ROMAN MARBLE MOSAIC PANEL
CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN MARBLE MOSAIC PANEL
CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY A.D.
37 1⁄2 in. (95.4 cm.) wide
Provenance
Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva; thence by descent to the present owner.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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For a mosaic depicting an amphitheatre scene, with animals attacking one another, including several bears and bulls, cf. M. Yacoub, The Splendours of Tunisian Mosaics, 2007, p. 341, fig. 169.