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Property from a Private collects ion

A Byzantine Mosaic Fragment, circa 5th/6th Century A.D.

Lot Closed

July 6, 01:46 PM GTNN

Estimate

5,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private collects ion

A Byzantine Mosaic Fragment

circa 5th/6th Century A.D.


depicting in multi-coloured tesserae a gadrooned vase with voluted handles flanked by hanging vines and two birds each pecking at a cluster of grapes.

78 by 130 cm.

acquired in the late 1970s/early 1990s, probably at auction and in the United Kingdom
"#2660" is painted in black on the back.