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CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Details
A HELLENISTIC PAINTED AND GOLD LEAF GLASS DISK
circa 3rd century b.c.
The transparent yellow disk with painted and gold-leaf ornament, including a partially preserved figure of a crouching nude woman, presumably Aphrodite, her legs in profile, her body in three-quarter view, her head turned to her left, wearing an armlet and bracelet on her left arm, her right arm extended towards an open lidded box, within an architectural setting, enclosed by a band of squares; with a silvered bronze mirror; together with a modern fascimile
3 in. (9.5 cm) diameter
circa 3rd century b.c.
The transparent yellow disk with painted and gold-leaf ornament, including a partially preserved figure of a crouching nude woman, presumably Aphrodite, her legs in profile, her body in three-quarter view, her head turned to her left, wearing an armlet and bracelet on her left arm, her right arm extended towards an open lidded box, within an architectural setting, enclosed by a band of squares; with a silvered bronze mirror; together with a modern fascimile
3 in. (9.5 cm) diameter
Literature
Sangiorgi, Collezione di Vetri Antichi, no. 298, pl. LVIII.