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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN MOSAIC GLASS SPHERE
circa 1st century b.c.-1st century a.d.
Formed from a fused mass of polychrome mosaic sections, now sliced in two, visible within the slice are part of a half palmette and scrolling tendril; a checkerboard pattern; part of a lily-and-palmette design; a several areas with inscriptions; together with a small mosaic glass bead with an inscription NEIKA HEICIC or Victorious Isis in yellow on a dark ground, framed in opaque white, similar in composition to the inscriptions within the mosaic sphere
2 in. (5.7 cm) wide (3)
circa 1st century b.c.-1st century a.d.
Formed from a fused mass of polychrome mosaic sections, now sliced in two, visible within the slice are part of a half palmette and scrolling tendril; a checkerboard pattern; part of a lily-and-palmette design; a several areas with inscriptions; together with a small mosaic glass bead with an inscription NEIKA HEICIC or Victorious Isis in yellow on a dark ground, framed in opaque white, similar in composition to the inscriptions within the mosaic sphere
2 in. (5.7 cm) wide (3)
Provenance
Martinetti Collection (for the bead)
Literature
Sangiorgi, Collezione di Vetri Antichi, no. 251 (for the bead).