LATE 1ST CENTURY B.C./EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN MOSAIC GLASS PATELLA CUP
LATE 1ST CENTURY B.C./EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
The carinated bowl with flaring rim, the purple matrix decorated with a cellular pattern of opaque white rings with central dots, interspersed with turquoise-green spirals, applied base ring
3½ in. (9 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Plesch collection (AGh 9C); acquired from Sheppard and Cooper Ltd, London, December 1977.

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Lot Essay

EXHIBITED AND PUBLISHED:
50th Anniversary Exhibition of The Circle of Glass Collectors, Broadfield House Glass Museum and The Pilkington Glass Museum, 1987-1988, no. 14.

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