A Roman Period Carved Marble Fragment of a Left Hand; c.150-200 AD

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A Roman Period Carved Marble Fragment of a Left Hand; c.150-200 ADOrigin: Roman Period: Late 1stC AD Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 150 200 AD Height: 3 Width: 9 Depth: 4. 5 The weathered marble fragmentary hand, of oversized proportions, with coiled fingers once holding an attribute, the marble having a good patination, and surviving from the late 1stC AD period. The hand has several losses, and repairs, as pictured, with the index finger and thumb with larger loss and a cracked repair to the other finger section.

Occasionally

with some minor foxing to the glass and some mottling to the chrome but all is consummate with age

in small doses

a philosophy that shaped his attitudes to models and materials

the whole on a later green mottled marble socle base survives from the middle of nineteenth century Europe

the generously sized recumbent terracotta lion beautifully modelled in the neoclassical style gazing forward with a vigilant expression under a richly carved mane and well articulated paws stretched upon a rectangular plinth base

which is where it gets its name and the ‘spots’ we see are actually remnants of a white veil of tissue that encloses the young mushroom

of geometric pattern

Burton-on Trent

She is structurally true and has good portability due to sitting on the support castor and rollers

The frame is in good order having knocks and wear commensurate with age

direct flight with his pointed wings and long tail

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