CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
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A LATE ROMAN/BYZANTINE MARBLE MOSAIC ROUNDEL
circa 4th-5th century a.d.
Depicting three foxes centered around a basket of eggs, the fox on the top leaping toward a bird on the left, the fox on the bottom left stealing an egg from the basket, the fox on the lower right carrying an egg, a dismembered bird to the right, enclosed within a band of yellow between two concentric black circles
50 in. (127 cm.) in diameter
circa 4th-5th century a.d.
Depicting three foxes centered around a basket of eggs, the fox on the top leaping toward a bird on the left, the fox on the bottom left stealing an egg from the basket, the fox on the lower right carrying an egg, a dismembered bird to the right, enclosed within a band of yellow between two concentric black circles
50 in. (127 cm.) in diameter
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The illustration for this lot is incorrectly identified as 220.