CRUCIFORM YELLOW, TURQUOISE, WHITE AND RED FLOWER, enclosed by conjoining yellow ivy leaves, tendrils, and yellow, red and translucent emerald palmettes, in translucent amethyst matrix - 1.3cm. square; frieze of conjoined lotus flowers and pads, red, turquoise, yellow and white canes in semi-translucent blue matrix - 3.3 x 0.6cm.; and two others, elaborate beaded and palmjette decoration - 2.3 x 1.8cm. max., 1st Century B.C./A.D. (4)

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CRUCIFORM YELLOW, TURQUOISE, WHITE AND RED FLOWER, enclosed by conjoining yellow ivy leaves, tendrils, and yellow, red and translucent emerald palmettes, in translucent amethyst matrix - 1.3cm. square; frieze of conjoined lotus flowers and pads, red, turquoise, yellow and white canes in semi-translucent blue matrix - 3.3 x 0.6cm.; and two others, elaborate beaded and palmjette decoration - 2.3 x 1.8cm. max., 1st Century B.C./A.D. (4)

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Cf. Grose, no. 641 for the last two items

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