Lot Essay
A related mosaic is illustrated in J. Hanisee Gabriel, Micromosaics: Private Collections, 2016, p. 84-85.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
A ROMAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA CIPRIANI, CIRCA 1860-70
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A ROMAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA CIPRIANI, CIRCA 1860-70
Depicting a putto in the guise of Bacchus with an attendant holding aloft a basket of grapes within a circular black ground, set within a square giltwood frame
13 ½ in. (34.2 cm.) diameter, the plaque
AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA CIPRIANI, CIRCA 1860-70
Depicting a putto in the guise of Bacchus with an attendant holding aloft a basket of grapes within a circular black ground, set within a square giltwood frame
13 ½ in. (34.2 cm.) diameter, the plaque