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LOT 0833
Roman Floor Mosaic Section
NORTH AFRICA, 2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (213 grams, 79 mm).
With portion of original matrix and five rows of tesserae in grey, black, cream and white. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired Tunisia, North Africa.
From a pre World War II collection, thence by descent.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
Literature
Cf. Béjaoui, F., Ben Mansour, M.H., Fantar, L., Foucher, L., Ghedini, F. Jeddi, N., Khanoussi, M., Picard, G.C., Slim, H., Yacoub, M., I Mosaici Romani di Tunisia, Milano, 1995, fig.p.6, for frames in similar style.
Footnotes
In African mosaics, combinations of black and white and cream tessellated mosaics often form the borders of important mosaics, such as those of El Jem, representing the love between Satyrs and Bacchants, or the myth of Leda and the Swan.
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