AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC AND GILTWOOD CENTRE TABLE

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12.11.2020 14:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 236 | AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC AND GILTWOOD CENTRE TABLE
AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC AND GILTWOOD CENTRE TABLE

ROME, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

The micromosaic top centred with the Doves of Pliny encircled by eight scenes of Rome, depicting in clockwise order the Pantheon, Arch of Constantine, Capitoline Hill, the Roman Forum, St. Peter’s Basilica, the Colosseum, Castel Sant’Angelo, and the Temple of Hercules Victor, within malachite and an ombré Greek-key border, on a tripartite giltwood base on lion monopodia feet

32 in. (81.5 cm.) high; 29 ½ in. (75 cm.) diameter

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