Lot Essay
For similar examples see nos. EG-25 and EG-26, pp. 141-142 in Bianchi, ed., Reflections on Ancient Glass from the Borowski Collection.
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PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN GLASS INLAY
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Turquoise in color, depicting the head of a pharaoh in profile to the left, the eye and brow hollowed for secondary inlay, the forehead cut out to receive a separately-made and now-missing headdress, the corpulent face with full cheeks and protruding chin
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) high
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Turquoise in color, depicting the head of a pharaoh in profile to the left, the eye and brow hollowed for secondary inlay, the forehead cut out to receive a separately-made and now-missing headdress, the corpulent face with full cheeks and protruding chin
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Nassir Zadeh Collection, 1972.