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- Artist
- Unknown (Roman)
- Title
- Mosaic of Cock, Bird, Pheasant, Bull, and Deer in Vine Scroll Pattern
- Date
- 450-462
- Medium
- Polychrome marble tesserae
- Dimensions
- 58 x 80 3/8 in. Overall
- Credit
- Gift of Jonathan Morse
- Accession No.
- 1972.20
- Classification
- Architectural Decoration
- Geography
- Syria
Related
Said to be from Homs (ancient Emesa), Syria. Between 1971 and May 1972, sold by Peter Marks Fine Art (New York, NY) to Jonathan Morse (New York, NY); November 1972, gifted by Jonathan Morse (New York, NY) to Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]. [Last researched by Chazen staff January 2023].
- Elvehjem Art Center. "Bulletin 1972-1973." Madison: Elvehjem Art Center (1973). illus. no. 9
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