EIGHT ROMAN MOSAIC GLASS INLAYS
EIGHT ROMAN MOSAIC GLASS INLAYS

EGYPT OR ITALY CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

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EIGHT ROMAN MOSAIC GLASS INLAYS
egypt or italy
circa 1st century b.c.-1st century a.d.
Including two rectangles with foliate motifs on a yellow ground, both with dark blue petals and red anthers springing from a dark blue and white base; two pointed ovals with foliate motifs with spiral tendrils on a red ground, the details in green, yellow, black and white; one with palmettes and spiral tendrils on a black ground, the details in white, yellow and red; one with palmettes and spiral tendrils on a dark blue ground, the details in yellow, black, red, and green; a rectangle with garlands suspended from bucrania on a dark blue ground, the skulls in yellow with purple details, the horns white, the garlands of yellow, white, green and red; and a large rectangle with pomegranites and wheat on a dark blue ground, the wheat with yellow grains and turquoise "silk," the pomegranites in yellow with white highlights and dark blue crosses, on turqoise branches with turquoise leaves
3.5/8 in. (9.2 cm) long for the largest (8)
Literature
Sangiorgi, Collezione di Vetri Antichi, no. 258, pl. LI (for the last).

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