Fountain, Casa del Centenario, IX-VII-6
Name of structure: | Fountain, Casa del Centenario, IX-VII-6 |
Extended name of structure: | |
Type of structure: | Fountain |
Country or main area: | Italy |
Region within country or main area: | Campania |
City or area within region: | Pompeii |
Date of structure: | Third quarter first century AD |
Century of structure 1: | 1 AD |
Century of structure 2: | |
Specific place of mosaic: | Pilasters, niche |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Pilasters, scale pattern in glass mosaic, light blue, medium blue, green'grey and red. Little survives of niche decoration but it was on a ground of Egyptian blue. |
Date of mosaic: | Third quarter first century AD |
Century of mosaic 1: | 1 AD |
Century of mosaic 2: | |
Silver tessera at site: | No |
Gold tessera at site: | No |
Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | |
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 84-85 |
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