Mosaic with a donkey nursing lion cubs
3rd century A.D.
Place of ManufactureNorth Africa
Medium/TechniqueMosaic: of marble, limestone, and glass cubes (tesserae)
DimensionsOverall: 80 x 154 cm (31 1/2 x 60 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Class of the Museum of Fine Arts, Mrs. Arthur L. Devens, Chairman
Accession number60.531
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMosaics
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ProvenanceBy 1960: with Münzen und Medaillen AG, Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland (according to a letter from Herbert Cahn of Münzen und Medaillen, he: bought [the mosaic] from somebody in Casablanca who in his turn had [it] from Tunisia.); May 11, 1960: purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen AG for $ 3,000.00
6th century A.D.
late 2nd–mid-3rd century
A.D. 450–462
A.D. 450–462