PTOLEMAIC-ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

Details

AN EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS WAGTAIL INLAY
PTOLEMAIC-ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
With turquoise cap, opaque white body and underbelly, dark brown and yellow medium covert feathers, and green and yellow flight feathers, alternating green, pale blue and red tail feathers, yellow feet on pale blue base line, in translucent white and blue marbled matrix
1 1/16 in. x ¾ in. (2.6 cm. x 1.9 cm.)

Provenance

The Groppi Collection, Switzerland; acquired in the 1920s-1940s.

Exhibited

Antikensmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig und Museum August Kestner Hannover, Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo!, 2008, no. 28a.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Exhibition catalogue, Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo!, Antikensmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig und Museum August Kestner Hannover, 2008, p. 78, no. 28a.

Cf. Sangiorgi collection; Christie's, New York, 3 June 1990, lot 90; and Ancient Glass in the Miho Museum, 2001, no. 109 for similar.

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