现场拍卖 12256古代文物拍卖
TWO ROMAN WALL PAINTING FRAGMENTS
拍品 55PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES BRICKBAUER, BALTIMORE

TWO ROMAN WALL PAINTING FRAGMENTS

CIRCA MID 1ST CENTURY A.D.

已结束2016年4月12日

成交价

USD 87,500

是否考虑出售类似藏品？

通过我们的专家免费评估服务，了解其价值。

更多信息

如何委托拍卖

TWO ROMAN WALL PAINTING FRAGMENTS
CIRCA MID 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Each on an orange-yellow ground, depicting a turquoise peacock, one striding right, one striding left, with a curving neck, an articulated head crest and long tail feathers detailed in dark red, standing on an intricate white lattice-pattern band above a horizontal deep-red groundline
Each: 12 7/8 in. x 13 3/8 in. (32.7 cm. x 34 cm.)

Levine Family, Cromer, Norfolk, U.K., prior to 1914.
Lord McAlpine of Westgreen, U.K.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above, 1988.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1988.

专家说明

Appropriately, dining rooms in ancient villas at seaside cities like Pompeii and Herculaneum were frequently decorated with frescoes depicting food. The peacocks featured in these reliefs are no exception, as the exotic bird was considered a delicacy in Roman cuisine. In Petronius' Satyricon, the gaudy freedman Trimalchio includes peacock eggs on his banquet menu as a means to show off his wealth and self-perceived sophistication to his dinner guests. A matching fragment to these frescoes, featuring a peacock strutting to the right, can be found at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum (MH 1958.5.C.PI).