CRUCIFORM FLORAL ROUNDEL; rosette cane, opaque red, white and translucent cobalt blue petals, in turquoise and yellow casing; a cruciform flower surrounded by radiating conjoined palmettes and ivy leaves in turquoise matrix, encircled by yellow and green leaves(?) -- 1.8cm. diam.; and two cruciform floral roundels -- 2cm. diam. max. | Christie's

Lot 54

CRUCIFORM FLORAL ROUNDEL; rosette cane, opaque red, white and translucent cobalt blue petals, in turquoise and yellow casing; a cruciform flower surrounded by radiating conjoined palmettes and ivy leaves in turquoise matrix, encircled by yellow and green leaves(?) -- 1.8cm. diam.; and two cruciform floral roundels -- 2cm. diam. max.

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CRUCIFORM FLORAL ROUNDEL; rosette cane, opaque red, white and translucent cobalt blue petals, in turquoise and yellow casing; a cruciform flower surrounded by radiating conjoined palmettes and ivy leaves in turquoise matrix, encircled by yellow and green leaves(?) -- 1.8cm. diam.; and two cruciform floral roundels -- 2cm. diam. max.
3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D. (5)

Lot Essay

Cruciform floral decoration in Hathor headdress, cf. Christie's, Part II, 7 July 1993, lot 42

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