Lot 65
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AN EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS FLORAL INLAY BAR
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AN EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS FLORAL INLAY BAR

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

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AN EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS FLORAL INLAY BAR
PTOLEMAIC-ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
With elaborate rosette consisting of a yellow flower circled by twelve red petals radiating in amethyst pink ground, framed by dark purple continuous string of waves and band, the motif surrounded by a square-shaped white matrix
7/8 in. x 3/8 in. x 3/8 in. (2.2 cm. x 0.9 cm. x 0.8 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. 11.
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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. 67, no. 11.

This bar is an example of the 'trapping' technique where the mosaic motif is trapped in a layer of white glass to protect and hold it together. For a similar, cf. S. M. Goldstein, Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in the Corning Museum, New York, 1979, p. 219, no. 631.

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