[ARCHAEOLOGY] [ROMAN GAULE]. [FORGING (ARTHUR)]. - Lot 245

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[ARCHAEOLOGY] [ROMAN GAULE]. [FORGING (ARTHUR)]. - Lot 245
[ARCHAEOLOGY] [ROMAN GAULE]. [FORGING (ARTHUR)]. [PHOTOGRAPHY]. Roman vase, with mobile handle, found in the Seine. Dated 1858. Oval photograph, albumen print, mounted on cardboard. Caption in ink under the photograph; signature "Arthur Forgeais f[eci]t 1858" in the photograph. Size: 180 x 253 mm. Hippolyte Arthur Alcibiade Forgeais (18221878) was a French archaeologist, sigillographer and numismatist. He donated to the Musée céramique de Sèvres an important lot of Gallo-Roman pottery and medieval glazed earthenware from the bed of the Seine and from the excavations of the Parisian soil. Arthur Forgeais was a skilful draftsman and meticulous painter who created the images of the objects represented. Joint : Two files : (1) Excerpts from Martial. Ancient uses. Arts and industry. Geography. Mythology. - (2) Excerpts from Juvenal and Ausone. Ancient uses. Arts and industry. Mythology. Geography.
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