A DOUBLE BIRD CORE-FORMED GLASS PENDANT, the conjoined doves in alternating dark purple and white stripes; and another similar of a single bird, Dynasty XVIII (1550-1307 B.C.)

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A DOUBLE BIRD CORE-FORMED GLASS PENDANT, the conjoined doves in alternating dark purple and white stripes; and another similar of a single bird, Dynasty XVIII (1550-1307 B.C.)
2.3cm and 1.5cm. long (2)

Lot Essay

For similar c.f., J.D. Cooney, Catalogue of Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum: Glass, vol. IV, London, 1976, nos 198 and 202; also Ancient Glass, formerly in the Kofler Truniger collection, Christie's London, 5 and 6 March 1985, lot 284 and The Alfred Wolkenberg Collection of Ancient Glass, Christie's London, 9 July 1991, lot 165

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