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LOT 0777

Roman Mosaic Stone Tesserae Group

1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.

1/4 - 1 in. (95 grams total, 7-24 mm).

A mixed group of tesserae of various colours and sizes, mostly cuboid. [45, No Reserve]

Provenance

From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK; he amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

For similar tesserae see Gabucci, A., Pejrani Baricco, L., Ratto, S., Per il Museo di Ivrea, La sezione archeologica del Museo Civico P.A. Garda, Sesto Fiorentino, 2014, cover, mosaic from a Domus of Eporedia.

Footnotes

Roman mosaics were made from small cubes of natural stone and terracotta possibly cut from tile or brick. Each of these small cubes was called a tessera (plural tesserae) from the Latin word for dice.

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LOT 0777

Roman Mosaic Stone Tesserae Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

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