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mosaic

human history
  • Other Name

    Pliny's Doves

  • Description

    oval micro mosaic

    micro mosaic set in obsidian, broken through middle, of Pliny's Doves (or the Capitoline Doves) at a footed water bowl, Pliny's Doves are described by Pliny the Elder as one dove drinking and the three others are sunning themselves. This mosaic is likely a copy of the one discovered at Hadrian's Villa

  • Place
    Italy
  • Accession Number
    1932.233
  • Accession Date
    1932
  • Other Id

    501 (1885 Mackelvie Catalogue)

    17761 (ethnology)

    M15 (miscellaneous)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

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Images

  • mosaic, 1932.233, 501, 17761, M15, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 19 Dec 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • mosaic, 1932.233, 501, 17761, M15, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 19 Dec 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • mosaic, 1932.233, 501, 17761, M15, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 19 Dec 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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