AN OPAQUE BLUE AND WHITE GLASS INLAY IN THE FORM OF A SEATED FALCON, wearing sun disc and opaque blue tripartite wig, Ptolemaic, circa 3rd-1st Century B.C., 1¼ in. (3cm.) high; and a translucent amethyst glass reclining Anubis inlay, 4th-3rd Century B.C., 1½in. (4cm.) long (2)

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AN OPAQUE BLUE AND WHITE GLASS INLAY IN THE FORM OF A SEATED FALCON, wearing sun disc and opaque blue tripartite wig, Ptolemaic, circa 3rd-1st Century B.C., 1¼ in. (3cm.) high; and a translucent amethyst glass reclining Anubis inlay, 4th-3rd Century B.C., 1½in. (4cm.) long (2)

Provenance

Item one: Comtesse de Bearn collection
Kofler-Truniger collection

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Item one: W. Frohner, Collection de la Comtesse R. De Bearn, Paris, 1909, no. 18, pl. 12; 3000 Jahre Glaskunst, Luzern, 1987, p. 38, no. 17; Ancient Glass, formerly the Kofler-Truniger collection, Christie's, 5 and 6 March 1985, lot 273, n and q
Item two: E. and Kofler Truniger, IAgyptische Kunstwerke Kleinfunde und Glas in der Sammlung, Luzern, A180, C, p. 126

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