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wombat1138The Lycurgus Cup (dating to Imperial Rome) reflects green but transmits red. Technical analysis here, ascribing the effect to colloidal nanoparticles of gold and silver; there's also a lovely picture of an experimental piece from the Corning glassworks that reflects translucent jade-green but transmits a gorgeous true violet (less red than the standard manganese-based purple).