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(AGm 1.7, AGm 3.6, AGm 12, AGm 2.3A, AGs 5, AGs 2B, AGv 1.3A, AGv 1.3, AGv 2.5, AGv 1.7, AGv 2.7, AGm 2.2 and AGm 2D)
EGYPTIAN, ROMAN AND ISLAMIC PERIODS, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./8TH CENTURY A.D.
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A GROUP OF GLASS INLAYS, ORNAMENTS AND BEADS
EGYPTIAN, ROMAN AND ISLAMIC PERIODS, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./8TH CENTURY A.D.
Comprising an Egyptian red and blue mosaic glass costume fragment; a Romano-Egyptian floral tile fragment; an iridescent dark blue S-shaped twisted rod ornament; an Islamic melon-shaped bead; a dark blue seated female pendant; a 'black' negro head pendant; a group of pendant juglets comprising two of blue 'splash' glass, one with openwork body, one spiral trail, and another iridescent blue; an iridescent spindle whorl; and an opaque yellow bead all circa 1st Century B.C./8th Century A.D.
4½ to ½ in. (10.9 to 1.2 cm.) high (13)
EGYPTIAN, ROMAN AND ISLAMIC PERIODS, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./8TH CENTURY A.D.
Comprising an Egyptian red and blue mosaic glass costume fragment; a Romano-Egyptian floral tile fragment; an iridescent dark blue S-shaped twisted rod ornament; an Islamic melon-shaped bead; a dark blue seated female pendant; a 'black' negro head pendant; a group of pendant juglets comprising two of blue 'splash' glass, one with openwork body, one spiral trail, and another iridescent blue; an iridescent spindle whorl; and an opaque yellow bead all circa 1st Century B.C./8th Century A.D.
4½ to ½ in. (10.9 to 1.2 cm.) high (13)
Provenance
Plesch Collection; acquired from Gawain McKinley, 1973-1974 (items 1, 2, 10); acquired from Dr Leo Mildenberg, Zurich, 1977-1978 (items 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12); formerly in the collection of Dr N. Kendall, Shrewsbury, acquired July 1994 (item 5); acquired from Mrs Davies, Bond St. Arcade, London, May 1978 (item 7).
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