ELEVEN SMALL FRAGMENTS AND BARS OF MOSAIC GLASS, including three Egyptian water signs and a blue and white chequered basket, 1in. (2.5cm.) long max.; a turquoise 'faience' bunch of grapes; six moulded glass inlays, including a red glass human-headed Son of Horus, 2¾in. (7cm.) high max., Graeco-Roman and later; a translucent iridescent blue glass vessel appliqué, with chi-rho; another two with theatrical mask; and seven other glass appliqués, 1¾in. (4.5cm.) high max., mainly late Roman/early Christian (28)

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ELEVEN SMALL FRAGMENTS AND BARS OF MOSAIC GLASS, including three Egyptian water signs and a blue and white chequered basket, 1in. (2.5cm.) long max.; a turquoise 'faience' bunch of grapes; six moulded glass inlays, including a red glass human-headed Son of Horus, 2¾in. (7cm.) high max., Graeco-Roman and later; a translucent iridescent blue glass vessel appliqué, with chi-rho; another two with theatrical mask; and seven other glass appliqués, 1¾in. (4.5cm.) high max., mainly late Roman/early Christian (28)
Provenance
Items 1-11: Kofler-Truniger collection
Items 12-18: Wolkenberg collection; sold Christie's London, 9 July 1991, part lot 136

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