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2nd Centhury Mosaic depicting two animals (a dog and a hen) mounted as table

About the Item

Mosaic depicting two animals (a dog and a hen) mounted as table. Near East (Apamea?), 2nd century AD, Roman Period Marble moulding added in 2015 Provenance : Galerie Rive Gauche, Baron F. Rolin ; exposition "mosaïque romaine IIe siècle" in 1969. Apamea is an archaeological site in Syria located near the Orontes river, 55 km north of Hama. Occupation of the site dates back to the Palaeolithic period during the Hellenistic period in 300 BC. The Seleucid king Seleucos I founded the city and named it Apamea in honor of his first Persian wife Apama. In 76-75 BC, the Roman conquest brought ended the Seleucid period. A from the 1st century onwards, the city came into its own importance, with some 500 000 inhabitants, the city was embellished with long colonnaded streets, grandiose porticoes and temples on high podiums. The urban habitat was adorned with vast peristyle mansions mosaics and enriched with marble furnishings. From the 6th century onwards the city slowly declined and was destroyed by earthquakes in 1152 and 1170. The ruins occupy an area of 255 hectares of which only part has been excavated. Most of the ruins date back to Roman times. Among the dwellings excavated the residence of the Roman governor of Syria, remarkable for its numerous mosaics-notably the large hunting mosaic (Musée du Cinquantenaire, Brussels), the partially destroyed mosaic of the Amazons discovered in 1968.

Dimensions:

Height: 14.18 in (36 cm)Width: 29.53 in (75 cm)Depth: 45.28 in (115 cm)

Materials and Techniques:

Marble,Wood,Mosaic

Place of Origin:

Africa

Period:

15th Century and Earlier

Date of Manufacture:

circa 2nd Century - Mounted as table XXth Century

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.