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ROMAN MOSAIC WITH TWO THEATRICAL MASKS, 2nd-4th Cent AD browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Pre AD 1000: item # 1004469
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| Date: 2ND - 4TH CENTURY AD. Material: TESSERAE STONE. Provenance: EX: EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION, EX: NYC art market. Condition: INTACT, SUPERB, CAST IN LIGHT CEMENT. Measurements: 45.75 INCHES LONG, (116.2 CMS), 25.25 INCHES HIGH, (64 CMS). An exceptionally fine mosaic featuring two tragic theatrical masks in multi coloresd tesserae. The two images, executed with much care and precision, is also quite remarkable for the richness of their polychrome. The right panel of this mosaic is decorated with the representation of a grotesque theater mask, with its large open mouth, a wide nose, deep wrinkles on the forehead and cheeks, and menacing eyes. The prototypes of this subject, well known from other mosaics, and based on the mask of a character of the Antique comedy: the old slave, can be dated back to the Hellensitic period. Roman artists subsequently reproduced those in several variations. Bibliography: ANDREAE B., Antike Bildmosaiken, Mayence/Rhin, 2003, pp. 219-245. CIMOK F, A Corpus Antioch Mosaics, Istanbul, 2000, p. 171 Cf: For a closely similar mosaic, see lot 144, Sotheby's New York, Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art, 8 December 2000, (estimate $20,000 - $30,000, sold for $58,250). | ||
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