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LOT 0742
Roman 'Gloucestershire' Mosaic Panel
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]
ProvenanceFound 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.
Cf. Cosh, R., Neal, D., Roman Mosaics of Britain, volume IV, Western Britain London, 2010, fig.56, for similar pattern.
FootnotesA 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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