Roman Marble Fragment and Amphora Foot Group

Comprising three full and one partial octagon, each with two concentric rhombuses distinguished by different shades of yellow, white and light red, each with a central red dot; the border above with a band of red triangles; mounted on a reinforced backing board. 59 kg, 151 cm wide including frame



Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11920-207410.

The use of abstract and geometric motifs characterises the mosaic art of the Levant under the domination of Byzantium. Close ties can be identified between these rhomboidal figures with those of some of the famous Lebanese mosaics of Beit el Dine, or the mosaics of Tiberias and Hammat, which represent the last expression of Roman art in that area before the Islamic conquest.

Comprising: a large glass melon bead; an oblate melon bead with 'eye' motifs; a cylindrical polychrome glass bead with trails; an oblate millefiori bead; with a number of other beads in carnelian, glass and modelled clay. 53 grams total, 7-27 mm



Acquired in the 1980s-1990s. Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.

With narrow base, bulbous body, broad neck, carinated collar to the rim. 2.9 kg, 33.5 cm high



Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.