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Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
30 in. (33 kg, 76 cm high).
Irregular mosaic fragment of beige, cream and grey tesserae with radiating trumpet-shaped swirls; mounted in a modern rectangular matrix. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Cosh, R., Neal, D., Roman Mosaics of Britain, volume IV, Western Britain London, 2010, fig.56, for similar pattern.
FOOTNOTES:
A mosaic found in Cirenchester (insula IX, Chester Street) shows panels defined by a dark blue-grey single fillet with an additional double fillet parallel to it on a longer axis, having an overall scheme of running pelta-pattern. Each pelta is outlined in dark-blue grey and infilled with red, white and dark blue grey at the centre.
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