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THBGorgeous Roman Stone Tesserae Mosaic w/ Flamingos
Lot 56
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Jul 13, 2021
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Join us for a very special summer auction featuring fabulous fossils, rocks, and minerals, plus art depicting flora and fauna from antiquity to present day. This is one you won't want to miss! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Join us for a very special summer auction featuring fabulous fossils, rocks, and minerals, plus art depicting flora and fauna from antiquity to present day. This is one you won't want to miss! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Roman, the Levant, Imperial Period, ca. 3rd to 5th century CE. A beautiful and sizable mosaic panel constructed with hundreds of stone tesserae in hues of beige, cream, sage, ochre, grapefruit, cobalt, and jet. The composition features three flamingos standing upon sinuous legs and splayed feet with bulbous bodies draped with both light and dark feathers. Lengthy necks taper upwards and connect with ovoid heads, each bearing a single circular eye and a parted beak; two of the beaks are black while one exhibits a red-pink hue. Between the two larger avian creatures is a flowering plant with a pair of circular heads above serpentine stalks and projecting leaves. Mosaic panels like this were once part of a floor decoration, perhaps in a kitchen or dining room. Size (mosaic): 79.25" L x 24.125" W (201.3 cm x 61.3 cm); (frame): 82.7" L x 26.3" W (210.1 cm x 66.8 cm)
Mosaics (opus tesellatum) are some of our enduring images from the Roman world. They reveal everyday life, social interactions, and even things like clothing styles, personal ornamentation, and the interior of buildings in ways other styles of Roman art generally do not and give us an idea of what themes and decorations Romans wanted to encounter every day on the interior of their homes and public spaces. This mosaic may have been intended for a public space within a Roman villa such as an atrium, a vestibulum, or a triclinium - to remind the visitors of their hosts' virtuosity.
This piece has been searched against the Art Loss Register database and has been cleared. The Art Loss Register maintains the world’s largest database of stolen art, collectibles, and antiques.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection, purchased prior to 2003
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
#146420Stone tesserae composition is mounted on a concrete backing. Minor chips to some tesserae, with several stable hairline fissures and commensurate chips to obverse periphery of concrete backing, otherwise intact and excellent. Great preservation to tesserae coloration and avian motif.Condition
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