Eleven Roman mosaic glass pieces gaming pieces
Circa 1st-4th Centuries A.D.
including a large thick circular example with canes of red, green and yellow in a dark brown matrix, with a flat top and base and rounded sides, 2in. (5cm.) diam., one side chipped; five smaller convex-topped examples, two with yellow and red canes set in an emerald green matrix, 1in. (2.5cm.) maximum, another with canes of black, white and red set in a matrix of emerald green with yellow flecks, 18mm. diam. and two others; two truncated spherical pieces and three domed examples (11)
Sold for
£1,175
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Ex Per-neb collection, formed in Egypt in the 1920's - early 1940's.
Published:
Christie's London, Ancient Egyptian Glass and Faience Part III, Wednesday, 8 December 1993, part of lots 36 & 37.
Category: Antiquities
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