Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I

Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I

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Property from the Collection of the late Antonin and Christiane Besse

A Byzantine Mosaic Panel, circa late 4th Century A.D.

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Auction Closed

December 7, 04:32 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of the late Antonin and Christiane Besse

A Byzantine Mosaic Panel

circa late 4th Century A.D.


of rectangular form, composed of red tesserae arranged in five lines of Greek inscription divided by yellow lines within a multicoloured tabula ansata, the inscription translating "Under Apolinarios the most venerable priest and periodeutes, the church was paved with mosaics in the year 709 (probably A.D. 397), the month of Daisias, on the twelfth day" and terminating in a horizontal voluted S motif.

83 by 175 cm.


Asfar Bros., Hotel St George, Beirut, by 1969

Antonin Besse (1927-2016) and Christiane Besse (1928-2021), acquired from the above and shipped to France in January 1970


Published

Sh. McNally, Bulletin -The Minneapolis Institute of Art, vol. 58/5, 1969, p. 5, no. 3

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