Mosaic fragment with a meander pattern
Culture: Roman
Culture: Roman
Medium: Colored stones set in mortar
Dimensions:
29 1/8 × 38 3/8 × 2 7/16 in. (74 × 97.5 × 6.2 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 91.80.87
Provenance: sold by Simone de Monbrison (1921-2015), Paris, to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio, 1980; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1991
Label Text
This fragment of a floor mosaic is decorated with an interlocking meander pattern that is rendered in three colors. Meanders were one of many patterns frequently used for mosaic borders. (Jessica Powers, 2008)
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