ECL-Bn.4:31-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.4:31-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Mosaic: The sun in roundel
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
Ashby ETON I No. 31 (1)
Description
Content (description)
Circular Mosaic
In the central circle is the bust of the Sun with pointed rays: round it are four busts crowned with flowers, alternating with four birds with vine tendrils intertwined. It resembles slightly the centre of Bn. 3. 20 but cannot be identified with it. Nor is it, as Lanciani (173) thought, the same as Corsini 5 (Eng.i.2)
In the central circle is the bust of the Sun with pointed rays: round it are four busts crowned with flowers, alternating with four birds with vine tendrils intertwined. It resembles slightly the centre of Bn. 3. 20 but cannot be identified with it. Nor is it, as Lanciani (173) thought, the same as Corsini 5 (Eng.i.2)
Content (object)
mosaic
tomb
tomb
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 345mm
width (actual size): 234mm
width (actual size): 234mm
Dimension note
In Ashby's catalogue the diameter is given as 183 (no measurement unit)
The mosaic in the drawing measures 189mm
The mosaic in the drawing measures 189mm
Inscription
1 written in ink on the front of the drawing upper left
Materials & techniques note
watercolour on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Ashby (p.11)
• Lanciani (173)
• Eng (Eng. i. 2 Cors. 5)
• Lanciani (173)
• Eng (Eng. i. 2 Cors. 5)