Lot no. 561
PAIR OF EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS INLAYS. Ca. 100 BC - AD 100. A pair of rectangular glass inlays. The first on the left has a red background featuring a stylised lotus plant with three blue petals edged in yellow, flanked by two upward-curving stems terminating in white dots. Its base is framed by black and white stripes. The second inlay has a pale blue ground with a six-petalled yellow rosette outlined in black, centred with a white and black core. Two yellow borders extend along the upper and lower edges. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. For similar see: The Corning Museum of Glass, Accession Number 59.1.103; The British Museum, Museum number 127349; Bonhams, Antiquities, 28 October 2009, Lot 287. Size: 10-10mm x 10-10mm; Weight: 2g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Bonhams and Mansour Gallery.
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