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3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Details
TWO ROMANO-EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS CANES WITH BIRD HEADS
3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
One with falcon head, the white face with yellow outline of the beak and eye, in blue matrix; the other with red and white encircled by blue round face, with yellow beak, in turquoise green matrix, repaired, 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) and ½ in. (1.4 cm.) long max. respectively; two Roman mosaic green glass gaming pieces, convex-shaped, 1st-4th Century A.D., ½ in. (1.3 cm.) diam. max.; and a group of glass fragments including blue glass rods and spherical beads, mainly Roman period (20)
3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
One with falcon head, the white face with yellow outline of the beak and eye, in blue matrix; the other with red and white encircled by blue round face, with yellow beak, in turquoise green matrix, repaired, 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) and ½ in. (1.4 cm.) long max. respectively; two Roman mosaic green glass gaming pieces, convex-shaped, 1st-4th Century A.D., ½ in. (1.3 cm.) diam. max.; and a group of glass fragments including blue glass rods and spherical beads, mainly Roman period (20)
Provenance
Items one-two: formerly in the 'Per-neb' Collection, acquired in Egypt in the 1920s to early 1940s: sold Christie's London, Ancient Egyptian Glass and Faience from the 'Per-neb' Collection, Part III, 8 December 1993, lot 90.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Sale room notice
The catalogue illustration caption is mislabelled and the central item is part of lot 156 and not lot 155.