Lot Essay
Cf. Goldstein, nos. 653-654, reputedly from the Temple of Denderah
PHARAONIC CARTOUCHES, UNIFICATION SYMBOLS
INUNDATION FIGURES AND LOTUSES
Mosaic Glass Technique
3rd-1st Century B.C.
FRIEZE OF 'PHARAOH' CARTOUCHES BETWEEN STRIPED PANELS, each double cartouche, surmounted by uraei, with nwb (gold) signs below, opaque yellow, red, white and blue canes - 3.75 x 0.9cm., 0.3cm. thick; and another similar fragment of a cavetto cornice with weathered cartouches below enclosing Pr '3 (Pharaoh) = the great house, with nwb (gold) signs below - 3.5 x 0.5cm., 1.5cm. thick, 2nd Century B.C./1st Century A.D. (2)
Details
FRIEZE OF 'PHARAOH' CARTOUCHES BETWEEN STRIPED PANELS, each double cartouche, surmounted by uraei, with nwb (gold) signs below, opaque yellow, red, white and blue canes - 3.75 x 0.9cm., 0.3cm. thick; and another similar fragment of a cavetto cornice with weathered cartouches below enclosing Pr '3 (Pharaoh) = the great house, with nwb (gold) signs below - 3.5 x 0.5cm., 1.5cm. thick, 2nd Century B.C./1st Century A.D. (2)