The Dove of Galla Placidia
€ 150.00
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€ 18.50
cm 17 x 17 X 2,5
kg 0,7
Handmade by Koko Mosaico, direct technique on cement mortar.
Wooden frame, smalti tesserae cut by hand with the use of the ancient mosaic tools, hammer and hardie.
Smalti from Orsoni, the historical Venetian furnace that uses the same techniques since 1888 to produce 24K gold leaf mosaics, colored gold and Venetian smalti.
This mosaic represents one of the two drinking doves depicted in the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, one of the well-known symbols of Ravenna.
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