Title: Roman Mediterranean Marble Mosaic Depicting A Ship & 2 soldiers
Shipping: $29.00
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Period: Antiquity
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Condition: Museum Quality
Item Date: 1st century BC - AD
Item ID: 6194
GRAECO ROMAN SHIP MOSAIC, circa. Eastern Mediterranean, c. 1st century BC - AD. The mosaic depicting two soldiers on the deck of a ship with 10 oars and two steering oars with a cabin at the back. It appears to be a military ship with a ram and the soldiers appear to be wearing swords. Mounted on a high tech space age super strong honeycomb backing which is much lighter, easier to handle and stronger than the traditional cement backing. Likely some minor repair which is almost always the case with ancient mosaics. 26 x 38 x 1 inch. 40 lbs. Two mounting brackets embedded in the reverse. Rare and a nice example with an interesting motif. Upper left corner is slightly in shadow in photo. In life it's the same as the rest of the mosaic. On sale at: $6500. All of the art is edited and chosen by us for its high quality and workmanship before posting. These collectibles have been selected with the artist & collector in mind. We are committed to enhancing our customer’s lives by discovering creating, and pointing out only the best art we can find in the world today. We Are Taste-Makers, Art Advisers, Consultants & Publishers Of Spectacular Art Stories. Our job is to be intermediaries between buyers and sellers. We are vetting for high end art patrons. We are determined to catalog the world's most exceptional art and share it with everyone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic
Mosaic is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It is a technique of decorative art or interior decoration. Most mosaics are made of small, flat, roughly square, pieces of stone or glass of different colors, known as tesserae; but mosaics, especially floor mosaics, may also be made of small rounded pieces of stone, and called "pebble mosaics".
