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Lot 130

A Roman polychrome fresco fragment

3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £5,000

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A Roman polychrome fresco fragment
Circa 1st Century A.D.
Depicting a dove standing in profile, the ochre body with details in red highlighting the wing and beak, wearing a green garland tied in a bow around the neck, green foliage emerging behind, on a white background, 17.5cm x 18cm

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Provenance:
Private collection, France, early 20th Century.
London art market.
with Charles Ede Ltd, London, 2001 (cat. 171, no. 42).
Private collection, UK, acquired from the above.

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