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The Partial Historians

This absolutely jaw-dropping mosaic of doves drinking from a bronze bowl is so detailed that it almost seems like an oil painting. Found in Hadrian’s villa, the piece is thought to be a copy of the famous C2nd BCE mosaicist from Pergamum, Sosos.

Description from Google Art and Culture: “The scene is composed of four doves, one of which drinks, balanced on the rim of a bronze bowl. A figure in relief seems to uphold the handle.An astragal pattern recalling architucteral motifs decorates the frame. The mosaic is a figured panel composed of very tiny polychromatic marble and glass tesserae, placed at the center of Hadrianic-period room (émblema). This type of decoration, produced in the Roman period for rich clients, is a distinct from the other kinds of mosaic pavement, thereby constituting its high worth. The émblema is a copy of the work of Sosos, active in Pergamon in the second century BCE.”
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Jan 27, 2025, 07:37 AM·Public·Toot!
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