A ROMAN MARBLE MOSAIC PANEL

A ROMAN MARBLE MOSAIC PANEL

CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.

Preserving the border from one side of a large floor, with elaborate floral scrolling on a black ground, centered by a figure with foliate legs, leaning to his left, his upper torso nude, wearing a helmet and a baldric, a spear in his upraised right hand, a pelta shield in his left, a panther to the left with its head turned back, further left toward the corner a winged nude Eros lunging to the right, a baldric across his right shoulder, a spear in his lowered right hand, a circular shield raised over his left shoulder, a leopard to the right of the central figure, further right toward the corner a winged nude Eros lunging to his left, a circular shield in his left hand, a spear in his upraised right hand, framed by plain white and red bands

185¼ in. (470.5 cm.) long