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LOT 0629
Roman Fresco Painted Wall Plaster Collection
1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 - 4 3/4 in. (10 kg total, 7.4-12 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.
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