Oscillum. Front side with a centaur
White marble.
First half of the 1st cent. CE.
Diam. 41.0, depth 4.5 cm.
Inv. No. 55403.Pompeii, Archaeological ParkPhoto by Sergey Sosnovskiy

Oscillum. Front side with a centaur.

White marble.
First half of the 1st cent. CE.
Diam. 41.0, depth 4.5 cm.
Inv. No. 55403.

Pompeii, Archaeological Park
(Pompei, Parco Archeologico).

Pompeii, House of the Golden Cupids (VI, 16, 7).
Origin:
Pompeii, VI. 16. 7, House of the Golden Cupids or Casa degli Amorini Dorati or Domus Cn. Poppaei Habiti or House of Gnaeus Poppaeus Habitus, second intercolumn of the southern portico.
Literature:
Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità. Ser. 5. Vol. 4. Roma, 1907. P. 590, 591. Fig. 33—34;
Seiler F. Casa degli Amorini Dorati (VI 16, 7, 38). München, 1992. S. 120. N 31. Fig. 598—599;
Bacchetta A. Oscilla: Rilievi sospesi di età romana. Milano 2006. P. 452. N T. 123. Tav. 20 (XX), 1;
Il giardino antico da Babilonia a Roma: Scienza, arte e natura: catalogo della mostra / a cura di G. Di Pasquale, F. Paolucci. Livorno, 2007. P. 284. N 3B. 30.
Credits:
(сс) 2019. Photo: Sergey Sosnovskiy (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Exhibition “Gods, Men, Heroes” (Saint Petersburg, The State Hermitage Museum, 18 Apr. — 23 Jun. 2019).
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