Mosaic with Birds and Flowers

CultureRoman
Titles
  • Mosaic with Birds and Flowers
Date100–200 AD
MediumStone and glass mosaic
Dimensions43 3/4 × 123 × 1 5/8 in. (111.1 × 312.4 × 4.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded in honor of Peter C. Marzio at "One Great Night in November, 2001"
Object number2001.414
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
200 Jamail Atrium
Exposé

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Unknown dealer, London, by 1966]; purchased by Edward H. Merrin, New York, 1966–2001; sold through [The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2001.

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