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Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
NORTH AFRICA, 2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 1/2 in. (399 grams, 11.6 cm).
Portion of original matrix with inset tesserae, parallel lines and arches; old inked inscription: 'SIDI BOU ALI' to verso. [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, p.73, for a frame and mosaic background 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 that of El Jem, representing a Dionysiac procession.
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