Lot 86
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TWO EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS ANKH AND WAS SIGN INLAYS
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TWO EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS ANKH AND WAS SIGN INLAYS

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

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TWO EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS ANKH AND WAS SIGN INLAYS
PTOLEMAIC-ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
With ankh-sign (life) flanked by two Seth-headed was-sceptres (dominion) in opaque white glass with details in dark blue, in translucent cobalt blue matrix
7/8 in. x 1 1/16 in. (2.3 cm. x 2.7 cm.) (2)
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, nos 9a & 9b.
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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, nos 9a & 9b.

Cf. E. M. Stern and B. Schlick-Nolte, Early Glass of the Ancient World, 1600 B.C.-A.D. 50, Ernesto Wolf Collection, Ostfildern, 1994, no. 123. The hieroglyphs are signs for health and happiness; they read 'hail, life, hail', a traditional formula dating back to the 2nd Millennium B.C.

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