Mosaic

68-39-3

Location: On Display in the Mosaic Hall

From: Syria

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 68-39-3
Current Location Mosaic Hall - On Display
Provenience Syria
Date Made 300-499 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Stone | Plaster
Iconography Bird
Description

Bird stands facing right, one leg straight, the other raised to beak, within frame, preserved except at upper right corner, of single line of black tesserae. A schematic plant in black tesserae to right and to left. Legs and beak in red. Outline in black, interior partly grey, black and white. Beyond frame at left 2 lines, partly red, partly yellow. At bottom below frame 2 lines of yellow one of red, one of black. Background in white tesserae. Tesserae irregularly cut. Set in plaster in metal frame.

Length 41 cm
Width 64 cm
Credit Line Gift of George J. Oakley, 1968

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