Worlds within Worlds | Works from the Collection of Peter Petrou

Worlds within Worlds | Works from the Collection of Peter Petrou

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Nilotic, Roman, circa 2nd Century A.D. | Mosaic Border Fragment

Lot Closed

September 21, 04:46 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Nilotic

Roman, circa 2nd Century A.D.

Mosaic Border Fragment


stone/marble tesserae

depicting three Pygmies, two standing and seemingly engaged in athletic activities, and one seated holding palm branches

48.5 by 77cm.; 18¾ by 30¼in.

‘Please note that where the buyer is from within the UK the lot is sold with no VAT symbol. Where the buyer resides outside the UK the lot is invoiced as if it bore the “†” symbol.’
Private collection, France, acquired on the Spanish art market in 1972;
thence by descent;
French art market, 2018;
Bonhams, London, 23 July 2020, lot 65 (part)
For another fragment from the same Nilotic mosaic border, also depicting Pygmies, see Sotheby's, London, December 4th, 2018, no. 59.