Mosaic
Baños de la Reina (Calpe, Alicante) Stone tesserae h: 264 cm; w: 288 cm Roman culture 2nd century AD.
This is a mosaic in which a design made up of black tesserae develops on a white background, consisting of a vine emerging from a ceramic vase (krater); among the branches wander winged genies with baskets in their hands in an attitude of gathering the fruit. The ensemble is completed by the presence of a little bird perched on one of the branches. The figures do not have a marked outline, but rather the tesserae of the interior form the drawings.
The mosaic was found in the excavations of M. Pellicer in 1965. J. Cavanilles in the 18th century reports the existence, also in Calpe, of a mosaic with similar characteristics to the one we are dealing with, except that its distribution is symmetrical and that the one he describes has a small mouse at the top of the floor. It is quite possible that the two mosaics were facing each other, forming part of the same paving, around a circular structure from which a drainage system started.
C.S.: 3774
PELLICER, M., 1966.
ABAD CASAL, L., 2002.
CAVANILLES, A.J., 1797.
Highlights Sala Cultura Romana
- ................................................. Cerro de Las Balsas (Albufereta, Alicante) Sandstone h: 97 cm; w: 46 cm; d: 12 cm h: 66 cm; w: 50 cm; d: 13 cm Roman culture 7th century AD: 46 cm; w: 12 cm h: 66 cm; h: 50 cm; w: 13 cm Roman culture 7th century AD.
- ................................................ Tossal de la Cala (Benidorm) Ceramic h:118 cm; w. 32 cm Roman culture Late 2nd - early 1st century BC: 32 cm Roman culture Late 2nd - early 1st century BC Typology Dressel 1, subtype B.
- ................................................. Isidro Albert Collection Bronze d: 2'12 cm; w: 4'7 g; d.w.:12 h Roman culture 22-23 A.D. 5th issue
- ................................................. Lucentum, Tossal de Manises (Alicante) Bronze Plate: h: 21'5 cm; w: 5'7 cm; d: 0'3 cm Bucranes: h: 7-7'7cm; w: 6'2 cm; d: 1-1'6 cm Urceus: h: 8'7 cm ; w : 3'9 cm; e: 0'8 cm Lituus: h: 10'5 cm; a: 3'5 cm; e: 0'4 cm Cornucopia: h: 9'1cm; a: 4 cm; e: 1'5 cm Roman culture 1st century AD.
- ................................................. Necropolis of El Albir (l'Alfaç del Pi) Glass h: 7'5 cm; w: 4'1 cm; d: 3'6 cm Roman culture 5th century AD: 4'1 cm; e: 3'6 cm Roman culture 5th century AD.
- ................................................. Lucentum, Tossal de Manises (Alicante) Sandstone h: 42 cm; w: 24.5 cm, d: 12 cm Roman culture Second half of the 1st century BC.
- ................................................. Lucentum (Tossal de Manises, Alicante)White marble with grey veinsh: 31.11cm; h: 28.4cm; w: 2cmRoman culture2nd century AD.
- ................................................. Baños de la Reina (Calpe, Alicante) Stone tesserae h: 264 cm; w: 288 cm Roman culture 2nd century AD.
- ................................................. Lucentum, Tossal de Manises (Alicante) Painting applied using the fresco technique on a lime mortar base. h: 305 cm; w: 265 cm h: 303 cm; w: 139 cm; d: 8 cm Roman culture First half of the 2nd century AD.
- ................................................. Lucentum (Tossal de Manises, Alicante) Ceramic h: 23.6 cm; w: 8.1 cm; d: 10.1 cm Roman culture Towards the first half of Nero's reign (50-60/65 BC).
- ................................................. Illeta dels Banyets (Alicante) Iron h: 72 cm; w: 49 cm; d: 3 cm Roman culture 2nd century AD: 49 cm; e: 3 cm Roman culture 2nd century AD.
