Sale 9204
New York
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3 June 1999
Price realised
USD 805
Estimate
A ROMAN GLASS RELIEF FRAGMENT circa 1st century a.d. Rectangular in form, cast in two layers, pale blue over amber, with a head of a maenad wearing a wreath of ivy leaves and berries in her center-parted wavy hair 1.5/8 in. (4.1 cm) long
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Probably from the same mold as lot 151.
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