AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
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AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE

ROME, CIRCA 1810

已結束2020年6月1日

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AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
ROME, CIRCA 1810
circular micromosaic plaque, depicting a classical vase on a shelf, against a dark-blue ground and within a red and white tesserae outer border, surrounded by demi-lune mosaics depicting the four seasons with a fire, a basket of flowers, bunches of grapes and a sheaf of corn with a sickle on a black ground, all within red and white tesserae borders
2¼ in. (60 mm.) diam.

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With much of the the wealth and prosperity of Rome based on farming, the four seasons were a perfect subject for mosaicists to celebrate the various phases of agricultural activities. The subject is also associated with the Bacchus, Roman god of wine, agriculture and fertility and the embodiment of autumn, part of the cycle of the four seasons.