ROMAN-ISLAMIC PERIOD
Details
A large group of glass vessels and vessel fragments
Roman-Islamic period
Including a Roman fragmentary bowl with wheel-cut decorations of diamonds with circle and lozenge motif; a wheel-cut beaker with stylized foliate tendrils, and another beaker similar, iridescent; two translucent glass rectangles with iridescence; a large green glass rectangle; Megarian pottery bowl fragments; an amber marbled shallow glass dish, with opaque white and blue marbling, restored section, possibly Roman, 5in. (12.5cm.) diam.; and a fragmentary Islamic iridescent glass enamelled beaker, circa 1200 A.D., 4½in. (11.3cm.) high
Roman-Islamic period
Including a Roman fragmentary bowl with wheel-cut decorations of diamonds with circle and lozenge motif; a wheel-cut beaker with stylized foliate tendrils, and another beaker similar, iridescent; two translucent glass rectangles with iridescence; a large green glass rectangle; Megarian pottery bowl fragments; an amber marbled shallow glass dish, with opaque white and blue marbling, restored section, possibly Roman, 5in. (12.5cm.) diam.; and a fragmentary Islamic iridescent glass enamelled beaker, circa 1200 A.D., 4½in. (11.3cm.) high
Provenance
Benzian Collection (last item): sold Sotheby's, London, 7 July 1994, lot 185.