ROSETTE, white petals inlaid in 'black' -- 2.5cm. diam.; another, alternating blue and yellow, red and green petals, in white matrix encased in red -- 2.1cm. diam.; a thin cane, white 'glyphs' in translucent blue matrix, in yellow casing (similar markings appear on a falcon's face) -- 1.6cm. diam.; a strip of white circles in red matrix -- 3.1cm. long; bar of lotus pods; fragmentary blue petals and anthemion; two strips of lotus flowers; and a foliate with anthers 'tile' -- 1cm. square3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D. (8)
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ROSETTE, white petals inlaid in 'black' -- 2.5cm. diam.; another, alternating blue and yellow, red and green petals, in white matrix encased in red -- 2.1cm. diam.; a thin cane, white 'glyphs' in translucent blue matrix, in yellow casing (similar markings appear on a falcon's face) -- 1.6cm. diam.; a strip of white circles in red matrix -- 3.1cm. long; bar of lotus pods; fragmentary blue petals and anthemion; two strips of lotus flowers; and a foliate with anthers 'tile' -- 1cm. square3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D. (8)
Lot Essay
Cf. Goldstein, no. 620
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