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LOT 0756
Roman Mosaic Glass Beads
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (6.36 grams total, 12-14 mm).
Each barrel-shaped with millefiori patterns in red, white, blue and yellow. [2]
Provenance
From the private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Various, Glass at the Fitzwilliam Museum, London, 1978, p.28, nos.46a-b-c, for near identical.
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LOT 0756
Roman Mosaic Glass Beads
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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