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Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 - 3 7/8 in. (598 grams total, 66-98 mm).
Fragments of wall plaster with rendered surface painted red with white detailing to the edge; impression of timber laths to the reverse. [5, No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the 19th century.
Ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Hakanen, V., 'VI Wall Plaster Fragments' in Berg, R., Kuivalainen, I., Domus Pompeiana M. Lucretii, IX,3, 5.24, The inscriptions, Works of Art and Finds from the Old and New Excavations, Vantaa, 2019, pp.196-224, figs.3-4.
FOOTNOTES:
These small fragments seem to belong to the second style of Roman painting, red panels representing highlight and shadow, decorated with vegetal interlaces. Some panels were probably framed by a red grenade fillet. A fragment shows alternate blue and red colour over a cream background, maybe pertinent to a socle.
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