Bidspirit auction | A GROUP OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN

A GROUP OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN AND ROMAN MOSAIC AND RIBBON GLASS FRAGMENTS. - A collection of archaeological glass shards showcasing a variety of ancient glass-making techniques from the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East. The group includes multiple examples of mosaic or millefiori glass, featuring fused polychrome rods in eye and floral patterns, notably a fragment with yellow and green concentric circles and a blue piece with white circular inclusions. One green rectangular fragment exhibits a feathered or combed decoration, created by trailing and dragging glass threads. A banded glass shard shows distinct parallel horizontal stripes of opaque yellow and dark manganese glass. The largest triangular fragment features a dark matrix embedded with white and grey cross-sections of glass rods.