AN ROMAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE TITLED 'LOTTA MI PARI'

AN ROMAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE TITLED 'LOTTA MI PARI'
BY THE VATICAN MOSAIC STUDIO, ROME, 20TH CENTURY
Unpolished, depicting a cavalier and woman laughing playfully within a courtyard, the reverse with paper label STUDIO DEL MOSAICO / no. 5569 A / Rev. Fabbrica / di / S. Pietro in Vaticano /Lotta mi pari, set within an acanthus-carved giltwood frame
The plaque: 19 ½ x 14 7/8 in. (49.5 x 37.7 cm.)
The frame: 29 ¾ x 25 1/8 in. (75.5 x 63.8 cm.)