1st century AD. A group of four well-preserved thick coarse white wall plaster fragments from a fresco, with painted elaborate foliate and border designs in cream and blue on a red background. See Casa Dell’Ara Massima or House of Pinarius or Casa di Narcisso, VI.16.15 Pompeii, excavated 1903. 670 grams total, 7.2-11.4cm (2 3/4 - 4 1/2"). Property of a UK gentleman; formerly in the Jeger collection, Switzerland; acquired in the 19th century. [4, No Reserve]