TWENTY ROMAN MOSAIC GLASS FLORAL PLAQUES
TWENTY ROMAN MOSAIC GLASS FLORAL PLAQUES

EGYPT, CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

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TWENTY ROMAN MOSAIC GLASS FLORAL PLAQUES
Egypt, Circa Late 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
Each preserving a multitude of plant life, including sheaves of wheat, daffodils, tulip-shaped flowers and other petalled blossoms and foliate stems, some stylized, in yellow, green, white, red, blue and turquoise on a dark blue, cobalt blue, turquoise blue, or black ground
2¾ in. (7 cm) long for the largest (20)
Provenance
Mustaki Collection

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