CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.

Details

A ROMAN MOSAIC GLASS INLAY
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long

Provenance

Julien Gréau (1810-1895) collection, France.
Pierpont Morgan Sr. (1837-1913) collection, London, acquired from the estate of the above after 1895.
Thence by descent to John Pierpont Morgan Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
Gifted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 1917.
Cypriote & Classical Antiquities: Duplicates of the Cesnola & Other Collections [Part Two], Sold by Order of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Anderson Galleries, New York, 20-21 April 1928, Lot 411, 412, or 413.
Joseph Klein (1899-1987) collection, New York, acquired between 1941-1980; and thence by descent.
Property from the Joseph Klein collection; Bonhams, London, 24 October 2012, lot 21.
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art; Sotheby’s, London, 3 July 2023, lot 281.

Literature

W. Froehner, Collection Julien Gréau: Verrerie Antique, Tome I, Paris, 1903, pl. LXVII, no. 3.

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Lot Essay

For related works, see the female inlay masks at The British Museum, London (EA16597) and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (26.7.1209). For masks of Dionysus and Isis, see E.M. Stern and B. Schlick-Nolte, Early Glass of the Ancient World. Ernesto Wolf Collection, 1994, nos. 127-8.

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