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Lot 102*
A Roman polychrome fresco fragment
28 November 2017, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street£5,000 - £8,000
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A Roman polychrome fresco fragment
Circa 1st Century A.D.
The scene set in an interior, with a female and a male figure in conversation whilst resting on a bed or couch, the seated woman leaning towards the reclining male, with her right arm raised to her chest and the drapery of her himation falling from the elbow, the man's left arm supporting his nude chest, the right outstretched towards the woman, the background dusty pink, the furniture olive green, the scene set against an ochre and red ground, 45.3 x 42.7cm excl. frame
Circa 1st Century A.D.
The scene set in an interior, with a female and a male figure in conversation whilst resting on a bed or couch, the seated woman leaning towards the reclining male, with her right arm raised to her chest and the drapery of her himation falling from the elbow, the man's left arm supporting his nude chest, the right outstretched towards the woman, the background dusty pink, the furniture olive green, the scene set against an ochre and red ground, 45.3 x 42.7cm excl. frame
Footnotes
Provenance:
with Mathias Komor (1909-1984), New York.
Private collection, USA, acquired from the above in 1960s.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 1 May 2008, lot 235.
Private collection, USA, acquired at the above sale.
This intimate scene between a partially-clothed man and woman was either once part of a larger fresco group depicting a banquet, or shows a couple in the cubiculum (bedroom).