Lot no. 563
PAIR OF EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS FLORAL INLAYS. Ca. 300 BC - AD 100. A pair of glass inlays. The first, on the left, is a rectangular piece with a yellow matrix, depicting a stylised lotus flower with three elongated blue petals outlined in black, flanked by two curving stems ending in red circular elements. The second, a circular inlay, has a yellow ground with a central eight-pointed star outlined in black, its arms flanked by scrolling tendrils and embellished with alternating palmettes and lilies. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. For similar see: Bonhams, Antiquities, 28 October 2009, Lot 287; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 17.194.389. Size: 20-30mm x 20-22mm; Weight: 8g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Horiuchi private collection.
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