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THBRoman Stone Tesserae Mosaic w/ Hunting Scene
Lot 54
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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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Roman, the Levant, Imperial Period, ca. 3rd to early 5th century CE. A gorgeous mosaic of a rectangular form comprised of hundreds of petite stone tesserae in hues of peach, citrine, chocolate, slate, cream, jet black, forest green, burgundy, and marigold. The captivating scene depicts a youthful male hunter - clad in strap-bound caligae footwear, a thigh-length tunic, and a red-and-green cape - who brandishes a bow in his right hand and quiver of arrows behind his back. His left hand is shown throwing a woven net towards a fleeing ungulate creature, perhaps a stag, while another creature is shown facing away from the hunter's right side, perhaps his horse. The creamy beige-hued ground as well as the bushy shrub next to the hunter's foot suggest that this pursuit takes place on an open field. Size (mosaic): 18.25" W x 37.375" H (46.4 cm x 94.9 cm); (backing): 19.5" W x 39.5" H (49.5 cm x 100.3 cm)
Mosaics (opus tesellatum) are some of our enduring images from the Roman world, not only for their aesthetic beauty, but also because they reveal what Romans chose to depict and see every day decorating their private and public spaces. This piece at first glance seems quite simple - a hunting scene. However, the inclusion of the stag was likely a deliberate choice to honor Diana - the goddess of the hunt, the moon, wild animals, the woods, and nature at large - who was also believed to adore stags. While impossible to know for certain, one can muse on this possibility and certainly appreciate the immense skill and technique it took to create.
In the Roman province of Syria, which encompassed most of the ancient Near East/Levant, mosaics developed as a popular art form from the 3rd to the 5th century CE. Syria was one of Rome's wealthiest provinces, but it was also far removed from Rome itself and Roman culture was overlaid on enduring cultural traditions from Hellenistic Greece and the great civilizations that came before it. Antioch-on-the-Orontes (modern day Antakya, Turkey), was the capital of northern Roman Syria, and its excavations in the 1930s revealed more than three hundred mosaic pavements - of which many embellished public baths.
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: ex-Phoenicia Holyland Antiquities, New York, New York, USA, acquired before 2010
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#165931Mounted on a concrete backing and framed. Some stone tesserae reattached with white adhesive material. A few tesserae missing as shown. Small chips to some tesserae, with light encrustations within some recessed areas. Great preservation to figural and zoomorphic forms.Condition
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