Lot 221
221
AN ITALIAN BLACK MARBLE PLAQUE INLAID WITH A ROMAN MICROMOSAIC
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AN ITALIAN BLACK MARBLE PLAQUE INLAID WITH A ROMAN MICROMOSAIC

ROME, CIRCA 1800

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AN ITALIAN BLACK MARBLE PLAQUE INLAID WITH A ROMAN MICROMOSAIC
ROME, CIRCA 1800
rectangular black marble plaque set with rectangular micromosaic depicting the Pantheon in Rome
1¾ in. (43 mm.) wide
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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The Pantheon is one of the best preserved of Rome's monuments. Built in the reign of Hadrian between 120 AD and 125 AD as a temple dedicated to all the gods, the Pantheon is now a church, Santa Maria al Martires, so called because the bones of martyrs removed from the Catacombs in 609 AD were placed there. Amongst other notable figures the artist Raphael is also interred there.

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