19TH C. PIETRA DURA 'DOVES OF PLINY' MICROMOSAIC A large 19th c

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19TH C. PIETRA DURA 'DOVES OF PLINY' MICROMOSAIC A large 19th c. Italian pietra dura micromosaic Grand Tour plaque depicting the "Doves of Pliny" (or "Capitoline Doves"). These doves are a popular mosaic subject, having been copied from the floor mosaic in Hadrian's Villa (ca. 2nd-3rd c.), and likely from...

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