Lot no. 9
LARGE MOSAIC OF MARINE ANIMALS
including shrimp, shellfish
shellfish, eels and a couple of red mullets,
an interesting representation of a fight
of a carnivore preying on an octopus
and a small fish swallowed by another.
Coloured tesserae on a beige background.
Roman Empire, 2nd or 3rd century.
Height: 183 cm - Width: 137 cm
(Some missing pieces)
PROVENANCE
- Sale Boisgirard & Associés on 17 December
2008 - lot n° 35, Paris.
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