Early Byzantine Cast Glass Applique

set in original plaster wall fragment with traces of aubergine fresco
5th - 6th Centuries AD
Max. Height: 22 cm. (8 11/16 in.)
Max. Width: 18.5 cm. (7 5/16 in.)
ex: private European collection, before 1978
Published: Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures XIII (New York, 2015) p.31
cf. Ross, Marvin C.; Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Medieval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection v.1 (Washington DC, 1962) p.75, no.91 (pl.50)
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