#1st century bc
~ Ostrakon with the Greek alphabet.
Place of origin: Thebes, Egypt
Date: 30 B.C.-A.D. 641
Period: Roman Imperial period
Medium: Earthenware vessel fragment with Greek script.
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A Roman Pale Blue Glass Pillar-moulded Bowl,
Circa 1st Century BC/AD,
5 1⁄8 in. (13 cm.) diam.
Courtesy: Christie’s
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Wall painting in the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, Pompeii, Italy, last decade of the 1st century B.C.
today at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Glass mosaic plaque fragment with floral motifs (Roman, Egyptian late 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D).
Deep cobalt blue ground, appearing black; decoration in opaque white, yellow, and red, and other colours. Plants include a poppy seed head and an ear of wheat.
Glass, fused sections; cast.
Image and text information courtesy The Met.
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Hellenistic Gilt Silver Bowl with Complex Ornament, 2nd-1st Century BC
A shallow silver bowl with thickened chamfered rim, concentric gilt bands, one with reserve scrolled vines with bunches of grapes on a textured field; central disc with octofoil and four radiating leaves, coiled tendrils on a pointillé textured field with running wave border. 254 grams, 17.5cm (6 ¾".
Watch it described on youtube
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