A RARE ROMAN 'MILLEFIORI' GLASS PATELLA CUP Late... Lot 57

A RARE ROMAN 'MILLEFIORI' GLASS PATELLA CUP Late 1st century BC - mid 1st century AD 12,5 cm (4,92 in) diameter Carinated basin with everted rim, on a round base, the purple ground decorated with white-yellow dots surrounding white circles, others of yellow dots with opaque emerald green spirals on purple with translucent blue on the exterior and with translucent floral motif with white and yellow central dot. Museal restoration PROVENANCE: From an European private Collection.