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Hellenistische Kunst: Die Tauben von Sosos
Roman Copy of a Mosaic produced for the Emperor Hadrian for his Villa of an original work from the second Century BC by Sosos from Pergamon. The work is mentioned by Pliny the Elder. Pliny says that the original showed the mirrored image of the drinking bird from the water surface.
Doves Mosaic, Musei Capitolini MC402
Museum Capitoline: Mosaico delle Colombe Da Tivoli, Villa Adriana (1737), Dono di Clemente XIII
Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World
Roger Ling, Ancient Mosaics, Princeton University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-691-00404-8
Mosaics: Everything You Need to Create Five Original Masterpieces from Ancient Cultures
Piece by Piece!: Mosaics of the Ancient World
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