Lot 45
45
A ROMAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
Property from the Collection of Robert and Ellen Gutenstein
A FRAMED MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE

CIRCA 1820

Details
A FRAMED MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
CIRCA 1820
Depicting a flower-filed basket, within a gilt-metal frame
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high; 3 ¼ in. (8 cm.) wide (including frame)
Sale Room Notice
Please note the frame is gilt-metal, not gold as is stated in the printed catalogue.

Lot Essay

The present depiction resembles a large Roman floor mosaic discovered at the Quintilii in 1790, now housed in the Pio Clementine Museum at the Vatican, and was often reproduced in the form of micromosaics in the 18th and 19th century.

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