Mosaic
68-39-1
Location: On Display in the Mosaic Hall
From: Syria
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
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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