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A ROMAN MARBLE MOSAIC PANEL , CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D. | Christie's
A ROMAN MARBLE MOSAIC PANEL.Circa 3rd Century A.D. The square panel depicting the bust of a female goddess, perhaps a personification of the province of Persia, framed diagonally, wearing a yellow and green Phrygian cap, a green and brown peplos with a red himation draped over her left shoulder, a bow and quiver visible behind her right shoulder, her light brown hair falling to her shoulders, framed within a wavy ribbon border
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Chateau-Ecouen- Cavalier transperçant un coeur, marli à compartiments ornés de mascarons et de dauphins, Sienne, vers 1500-1510
6th century Byzantine Roman mosaics of a man with an amphora from the peristyle of the Great Palace from the reign of Emperor Justinian I. Istanbul, Turkey. | © Paul Randall Williams 2012
Turkey: Byzantine Mosaics in Urfa - Smit & Palarczyk
Horse and foal (V-VI cent.C.E.) from the Villa of the Amazons in ancient Edessa (Urfa, Turkey)
Mosaic pavement: Winter (y1965-210)
Personification of Winter (2nd century A.D.)
A ROMAN MARBLE MOSAIC PANEL , CIRCA 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D. | Christie's
A ROMAN MARBLE MOSAIC PANEL circa 3rd-4th century a.d. Depicting the goddess Venus rising from the sea, supported by two tritons, both with a human torso, equine legs and a fish-tailed lower body, the goddess haloed, holding a mirror in her left hand and a cosmetic applicator in her right, nude but for a mantle wrapped around her hips and legs, coiled bracelets on each wrist, a fish in the lower corners
Roman mosaic emblema panel, Roman Imperial, early 4th century A.D. In minute multi-colored stone and glass tesserae within a dentate border, depicting in the rocky foreground two fishermen rounding up fish in a broad net, another rowing to right in a small skiff, in the middle ground a draped man and woman sacrificing at an altar between two shrine-like structures and in the background a sprawling complex of towers and colonnaded buildings surrounded by tall trees, 59 x 59 cm. Private collec...
Villa of the Nile Mosaic
A Nilotic scene on one of the mosaics from the Villa Nile. National Archaeological Museum, Tripoli (Libya). Photo Marco Prins.
Mosaic floor on private bath in ancient Sufetula, today known as Sbeitla, Tunisia Stock Photo - Alamy
Mosaic floor on private bath in ancient Sufetula, today known as Sbeitla, Tunisia Stock Photo