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LOT 0585
Roman Fresco Painted Wall Plaster Collection
1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 - 3 1/2 in. (600 grams total, 73-89 mm).
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]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 19th century.
Jeger collection, Switzerland.
Property of an English gentleman.
See Casa Dell’Ara Massima or House of Pinarius or Casa di Narcisso, VI.16.15 Pompeii, excavated 1903.
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