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LOT 0600

Roman Fresco Painted Wall Plaster Collection

1ST CENTURY A.D.

2 7/8 - 6 in. (1.36 kg total, 7.3-15.3 cm).

A mixed group of coarse white wall plaster fragments from a fresco, with painted designs in white, ochre, claret, crimson and blue. [5, No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired in the 19th century.
Jeger collection, Switzerland.
Property of an English gentleman.

Literature

See Casa Dell’Ara Massima or House of Pinarius or Casa di Narcisso, VI.16.15 Pompeii, excavated 1903.

CONDITION

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LOT 0600

Roman Fresco Painted Wall Plaster Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

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