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A nearly identical micro-mosaic is illustrated in Domenico Petochi, I mosaici minuti Romani dei secoli XVIII e XIX, Florence, 1981, p. 107, nr 26.
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AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED BLOODSTONE AND MICRO-MOSAIC BONBONNIÈRE
circa 1800
Circular box, the cover inset with a gilt-metal mounted micro-mosaic plaque depicting the head of Bacchus of Campidoglio -- 83 mm diam.
circa 1800
Circular box, the cover inset with a gilt-metal mounted micro-mosaic plaque depicting the head of Bacchus of Campidoglio -- 83 mm diam.