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Lot 118
Near Pair of Italian Grand Tour Micromosaic Panels
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Each panel of shield form slate enclosing micromosaic insets of architectural monuments of Rome, the first panel with (5) oval insets centered with the Vatican (1 5/8 x 2 1/8 in.) and with (4) insets to include the Coliseum and the Roman Forum (1 x 1 3/8 in.); the second panel with (9) micromosaic insets centered with an oval view of the Vatican (1 5/8 x 1 7/8 in.) and with (8) circular insets depicting other monuments of Rome (7/8 in.).

4 3/8 x 6 x 5/8 in.; 4.25 x 6.25 x 11/16 in.

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, NC

Good estate condition; with very minor scattered chips to edge of mounts.

$1,000 - 2,000