Lot Essay
A much larger micromosaic plaque with the same composition is in the Savelli Collection.
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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR (LOTS 13 TO 19)
AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
ROME, CIRCA 1820
Details
AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
ROME, CIRCA 1820
rectangular micromosaic plaque depicting a bull hunt, with hunters, dogs and a horseman attacking a bull, in a wooded landscape with a lake and manor house beyond
3 in. (75 mm.) wide
ROME, CIRCA 1820
rectangular micromosaic plaque depicting a bull hunt, with hunters, dogs and a horseman attacking a bull, in a wooded landscape with a lake and manor house beyond
3 in. (75 mm.) wide
Literature
M. G. Branchetti, Collezione Savelli - Mosaici minuti romani, Rome, 2004, p. 102.
J. Hanisee Gabriel, Micromosaics. Private Collections, Brian McCarthy, p. 134, no. 93.
J. Hanisee Gabriel, Micromosaics. Private Collections, Brian McCarthy, p. 134, no. 93.
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A much larger micromosaic plaque with the same composition is in the Savelli Collection.