An Italian porcelain rectangular plaque 19th century

An Italian porcelain rectangular plaque 19th century, probably Giustiniani (Naples), copying the Alexander Mosaic, depicting the Battle of Issus with a multitude of soldiers and horses, the ground painted to mimic micromosaic, incised G mark, 36.6cm across.

The Alexander Mosaic was discovered in 1831, during the excavations of Pompeii, in the Casa del Fauno and depicts the clash between Alexander the Great and Darius III in 333BC.