Lot Essay
For another micromosaic of this subject and more information on the Temple of Minerva Medica, see J. Hanisee Gabriel, The Gilbert Collection. Micromosaics, London, 2000, p. 109.
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PROBABLY ROME, CIRCA 1800
Details
AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE BONBONNIÈRE SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC
probably Rome, circa 1800
Circular gold-mounted dark green porphyry box, the independent lid set with a gold-mounted micromosaic depicting the Temple of Minerva Medica; within fitted original silk-lined gilt-stamped hinged brown leather case
3 5/8 in. (80 mm.) diam. (2)
probably Rome, circa 1800
Circular gold-mounted dark green porphyry box, the independent lid set with a gold-mounted micromosaic depicting the Temple of Minerva Medica; within fitted original silk-lined gilt-stamped hinged brown leather case
3 5/8 in. (80 mm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
The Czartoryski family until 1927, inv. no. D149.
Czartoryski Museum, Cracow, inv. no. DMNK-CZ 1774 a and b.
Since restituted to the family.
Czartoryski Museum, Cracow, inv. no. DMNK-CZ 1774 a and b.
Since restituted to the family.
Exhibited
Czartoryski Museum, Cracow, from 1927 until the restitution to the family.
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