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LOT 0847
Roman Fresco Wall Plaster Collection
1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 - 4 in. (417 grams total, 5.5-10 cm).
Fragments of wall plaster with rendered surface painted red with brown detailing to the edge; impression of timber laths to the reverse. [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, for analogies with the fragments of Pompeii, seems 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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