Lot Essay
Item one: for similar cf. E. M. Stern and B. Schlick-Nolte, Early Glass in the Ancient World, 1600 B.C. - 50 A.D., The Ernesto Wolf Collection, Stuttgart, 1994, p. 386, no. 133.
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TWO EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS FRAGMENTS AND AN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN MILLEFIORI GLASS BEAD
Comprising an Egyptian mosaic glass square inlay, with a translucent aubergine matrix, the lily-and-palmette design in opaque yellow, white, red and green-blue glass, Ptolemaic Period, circa 2nd-1st Century B.C., 0.15/16 in. (2.4 cm.) high; a mosaic glass bar fragment, striped with small floral motif, Ptolemaic Period-Roman Period, circa 3rd Century B.C.- 1st Century A.D., 5/8 in. (1.6 cm.) wide.; and an Eastern Mediterranean seven sided millefiori bead in white, red and green with brown caps, circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D., 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) long
Comprising an Egyptian mosaic glass square inlay, with a translucent aubergine matrix, the lily-and-palmette design in opaque yellow, white, red and green-blue glass, Ptolemaic Period, circa 2nd-1st Century B.C., 0.15/16 in. (2.4 cm.) high; a mosaic glass bar fragment, striped with small floral motif, Ptolemaic Period-Roman Period, circa 3rd Century B.C.- 1st Century A.D., 5/8 in. (1.6 cm.) wide.; and an Eastern Mediterranean seven sided millefiori bead in white, red and green with brown caps, circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D., 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) long
Provenance
Item one: Plesch collection (AGm 2.3); acquired G. McKinley, London, June 1974.
Item two: Plesch collection (AGm0.8); acquired Dr. L. Mildenberg, Zurich, prior to 1988.
Item three: Plesch collection (AGm 2.8); acquired G. McKinley, London, June 1974.
Item two: Plesch collection (AGm0.8); acquired Dr. L. Mildenberg, Zurich, prior to 1988.
Item three: Plesch collection (AGm 2.8); acquired G. McKinley, London, June 1974.
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