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FRAGMENT OF A STILL-LIFE FRESCO
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FRAGMENT OF A STILL-LIFE FRESCO
See original version (French)
Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
Voluntary lot
Description
FRAGMENT OF A STILL-LIFE FRESCO
Roman art, c. 1st century AD.
Fragment of a fresco depicting, within a rectangular frame with a purple border, three figs, surmounting two pilasters and an entablature decorated with leafy branches against a black background.
Visible losses, cracks.
Dimensions: 20.7 x 36.8 cm
Provenance: Former American private collection, acquired on the New York art market in the 1970s
Bonhams, London, 29 April 2009: lot 27 (ill.)
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA273)
Bibliography: Bonhams, Antiquities sale, London, 29 April 2009, lot 27
M. Merrony, ‘Roman Mosaics’ in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 114, fig. 2
We didn’t invent anything! Products, Trade and Gastronomy in Roman Antiquity, Musées de Marseille, France, 24 November 2019
A Roman polychrome fresco fragment with still-life decoration,
Circa 1st century AD
See original version (French)
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Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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