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LOT 0843
Roman Glass Inlay, Bead and Fragment Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 3/4 in. (5.48 grams total, 9-20 mm).
A group of millefiori and lampwork beads and fragments, comprising: a polychrome mosaic glass fragment with leaf decoration and a banded yellow rim; a white mosaic glass inlay with red and black floral motifs; an oblate bead with 'eye' motifs; a turquoise-coloured thick inlay of four fingers with white nail detailing; a blue and a yellow shoe-shaped fragment with applied bosses. [6, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex private Swiss collection.
Acquired by Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, from the above in 2011.
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