A Roman banded agate fragmentary dish, 1st century B.C.- 1st century A.D., chocolate brown and white in colour, the restored areas in glass, 15.1cm. diam. at widest point Provenance: Private Family Collection, acquired in the 1980s.Note: The Romans had a taste for luxury tableware made from semi-precious stone, typically members of the quartz family including rock crystal, chalcedony and, as here, banded agate. The stone may have been quarried in India, and traded to the west to Egypt, where vessels were fashioned before being shipped elsewhere in the empire.Please refer to department for condition report