ROMAN EROTIC MOSAIC FRAGMENT
LOWER EGYPT, C. 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Auction: 13 March 2025 from 13:00 GMT
Description
stone tesserae, depicting two figures engaged in sexual intercourse within a garden setting, next to a trellised structure
Dimensions
53.5 x 63cm
Provenance
Private collection, France, acquired on the Spanish art market in 1972, thence by descent
French art market, 2018
Bonhams, London, 23 July 2020, lot 65 (part)
Peter Petrou, London
Sotheby's, London, Worlds within Worlds | Works from the Collection of Peter Petrou, 21st September 2021, lot 167
Private collection, London, United Kingdom, acquired at the above