Antiquities

Antiquities

 

Mosaic, tragic mask of a queen, possibly Queen Dido of Carthage

Roman, circa 1st-2nd century A.D. in an 18th century mount
11.5 x 9 inches {mosaic dimensions}
 
Provenance: Hon. James Smith Barry {1816-1856}, Marbury Hall
by descent
 
Published: Catalogue of the Art Treasures at Manchester, 1857, item 23a

 

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