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CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
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A LATE ROMAN MOSAIC PANEL
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
The multicolored composition on a black ground, preserving a female head with foliate motifs below her chin, her round face with a somber expression, with a prominent straight nose, a small mouth with fleshy lips and almond-shaped eyes beneath arching brows, wearing drop earrings, her wavy hair framing her face and flowing down, flanked by foliage and a pair of Erotes holding fillets, with a wavy band and large palm leaf above
39½ in. x 60 5/8 in. (100.3 cm. x 154 cm.)
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
The multicolored composition on a black ground, preserving a female head with foliate motifs below her chin, her round face with a somber expression, with a prominent straight nose, a small mouth with fleshy lips and almond-shaped eyes beneath arching brows, wearing drop earrings, her wavy hair framing her face and flowing down, flanked by foliage and a pair of Erotes holding fillets, with a wavy band and large palm leaf above
39½ in. x 60 5/8 in. (100.3 cm. x 154 cm.)
Provenance
Khalil Sarkis and Salim Haddad, Phoenicia Oriental Bazaar, Beirut, 1972.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 11 December 2002, lot 66.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 11 December 2002, lot 66.
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