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AN EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS 'UNIFICATION' BAR AND THREE INLAYS
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AN EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS 'UNIFICATION' BAR AND THREE INLAYS

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

細節
AN EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS 'UNIFICATION' BAR AND THREE INLAYS
PTOLEMAIC-ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Depicting lotus bundles standing in a pool of water entwined with papyrus stalks around the hieroglyph sema, in turquoise, cobalt blue, yellow and black, in red matrix
bar: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm.) long; inlays: 3/8 in. x 3/8 in. (1 cm. x 1 cm.) each (4)
來源
The Groppi Collection, Switzerland; acquired in the 1920s-1940s.
展覽
Antikensmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig und Museum August Kestner Hannover, Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo!, 2008, no. 8.
注意事項
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

拍品專文

PUBLISHED:
Exhibition catalogue, Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo!, Antikensmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig und Museum August Kestner Hannover, 2008, p. 66, no. 8.

The lotus symbolising Upper Egypt and the papyrus Lower Egypt, which are entwined around the sema-sign (lit. lungs and windpipe), representing the unification of the Two Lands.