Mosaic depicting a Duck
Culture: Roman
Culture: Roman
Medium: Colored stones set in mortar
Dimensions:
29 15/16 x 27 15/16 in. (76 x 71 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 91.80.89
Provenance: sold, Christie's, London, July 10, 1987, lot 204, to to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1991
Label Text
Part of an inscription, including the Greek letters ΛΙΣ, can still be read in the upper right corner of this fragment of a floor mosaic. The use of Greek indicates that this mosaic was made in one of the eastern, Greek-speaking provinces of the Roman Empire. Prior to the museum’s acquisition of the mosaic, the inscription was modified to look like the legs of a second bird. (J. Powers, 2008)
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