Inv. n°: MMoCA216

Roman Marble Mosaic Panel

Preserving fifteen dolphins in a one-directional sinusoid, each dolphin with a dorsal fin, flippers and flukes; their bodies black, white and gray, on a cream background.

h. 133 x w. 213.4 cm

3rd-4th century AD

Marble

Provenance

  • Ex French private collection, purchased on the Swiss art market, Geneve, 1990
  • Christie's Antiquities Sale, New York, 9th December 2008, lot 183

Publications

  • M. Merrony, "Roman Mosaics" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p.117, fig. 5
  • C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, p. 97

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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