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Mosaic Pavement Fragment with a Peahen
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The peahen is depicted mainly in profile with its head turned as it looks out over its back. It is a colorful fragment with accurate modeling of the tree, color, shading of foliage, and blue tones in the peahen's neck, which are formed by tesserae of blue glass.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
[Richard C. Brockway Ancient Art International Middleboro MA 1997] sold; to Martha Gefter and Thomas Lemberg Wayland MA (1997-2001) gift; to Harvard University Art Museums 2001.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Marcy Gefter and Thomas Lemberg in honor of David Gordon Mitten
Title: Mosaic Pavement Fragment with a Peahen
Description:
The peahen is depicted mainly in profile with its head turned as it looks out over its back.
It is a colorful fragment with accurate modeling of the tree, color, shading of foliage, and blue tones in the peahen's neck, which are formed by tesserae of blue glass.
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