Bidspirit auction | PAIR OF EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS

PAIR OF EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS INLAYS - Ca. 30 BC - AD 200. A pair of mosaic glass inlays. The one on the left is a polychrome fragment formed of opaque red, yellow, and black tesserae arranged in a stylised geometric pattern, set against a translucent amber-brown background. The second, smaller inlay is rectangular with rounded edges, made of opaque cobalt blue glass and pierced with three vertical grooves. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.Size: 6.9-12.2mm x 20.6-7.2mm; Weight: 4.65gProvenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.