A group of seven Roman fresco fragments, Roman Imperial, ca. 1st century AD Vessels - Faience 2020 Central Focus

2020 Central Focus

Worked from a high-quality green jade with good translucency

professionally mounted

Each gold element is formed from two hemispheres

Rebecca Hossack Gallery

A group of seven Roman fresco fragments, Roman Imperial, ca. 1st century AD Vessels - Faience 2020 Central FocusDelicately painted in blue, white, green, brown, red and yellow polychrome. These small fragments seem to belong to the second style of Roman painting, red panels representing highlight and shadow, decorated with vegetal interlaces. Some panels were probably framed by a red grenade fillet. Roman frescoes are the only surviving type of Roman painting, although literary references speak of painting on wood, ivory, and other materials. Frescoes were used