Lot 290 , An Italian micro-mosaic plaque depicting peasant goatherds in a mountainous landscape, Rome c.1850, 25.6cm x 23.7cm (10.2in. x 10.3in.)

An Italian micro-mosaic plaque depicting peasant goatherds in a mountainous landscape, Rome c.1850, the seated peasant boy playing a piccolo, within a red marble banded reserve on a black marble ground, 25.6cm x 23.7cm (10.2in. x 10.3in.)
Estimate £3,500-4,500

Compare a similar style rural scene micro-mosaic plaque illustrated by Jeanette Hanisee Gabriel, Honorary Curator of The Gilbert Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, on her web page: micromosaicimagelibrary.


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