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LOT 0199
Byzantine Marble Table Top with Roundels
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
40 in. (87 kg, 102 cm including wall bracket).
Broad stone disc with band of carved roundels to the border, dished central panel; the border comprising seventeen socket roundels with rosette and tendril ornament between, each roundel with reserved figural or emblematic ornament: an equal-arm cross with ivy leaves in the spandrels; to either side of this, a reserved regardant peacock; next to these, in pairs a calf's forequarters on each side; next, a goat, then a bull, then a regardant bird, a ram, a lamb and a peacock, remains of original pigment; reinforced with a steel backing and claws; accompanied by professionally made 'lift-on' wall brackets for display.
ProvenanceAcquired in London from a UK collector in the early 2000s.
Previously with an Austrian collector in London.
Formerly in a North American collection.
From a London gentleman, 2000s.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12400-226356
A parallel for the piece is in the Wyvern Collection.
FootnotesThe beasts have symbolic importance, such as the peacock for resurrection, the lamb as the
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LOT 0199
Byzantine Marble Table Top with Roundels
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000€29,000 - 40,600 (for guidance only)$33,750 - 47,250 (for guidance only)
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