Mosaic

68-39-1

Location: On Display in the Mosaic Hall

From: Syria

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 68-39-1
Current Location Mosaic Hall - On Display
Provenience Syria
Date Made 300-499 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Stone | Plaster
Iconography Bird
Description

Bird stands facing to left, one leg straight, the other forward, bent, head part way down pecking; within frame, preserved except at upper right and lower left corners, of single line of black tesserae. Wing and outline of bird black; legs, beak and eye red. Some yellow tesserae along inside of outline, white elsewhere. Background in white tesserae. Tesserae irregularly cut. Fragments set in plaster in black metal frame.

Length 33.5 cm
Width 36 cm
Credit Line Gift of George J. Oakley, 1968

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