CRUCIFORM FLOWER, opaque yellow, white, grey and red petals interspersed with olive green, yellowish green and translucent emeral leaves, in greyish-blue matrix - 3.0 x 3.1cm., 0,.4cm. thick; and a frieze of palmettes and white beaded floral displays interlocked with red and white bended loops and double spirals, light blue, yellow, green, red and white, in blue matrix - 2.3 x 2.0cm., 0.5cm. thick, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D. (2)
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CRUCIFORM FLOWER, opaque yellow, white, grey and red petals interspersed with olive green, yellowish green and translucent emeral leaves, in greyish-blue matrix - 3.0 x 3.1cm., 0,.4cm. thick; and a frieze of palmettes and white beaded floral displays interlocked with red and white bended loops and double spirals, light blue, yellow, green, red and white, in blue matrix - 2.3 x 2.0cm., 0.5cm. thick, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D. (2)
Lot Essay
Item 2: cf. Grose, no. 641, col. pl. p. 346; acquired in Rome 1894