INLAY, RED GLASS LION-HEADED COBRA (AGATHOS DAIMON?), with expressive face and detailed mane and extended ears, the serpentine body terminating in double coils

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INLAY, RED GLASS LION-HEADED COBRA (AGATHOS DAIMON?), with expressive face and detailed mane and extended ears, the serpentine body terminating in double coils
3.3cm. high
Ptolemaic, 4th-2nd Century B.C.

Lot Essay

Cf. Fitzwilliam, no. 20K (E.378.1932)

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