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5TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
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A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN CAST AND FUSED MOSAIC GLASS FIGURATIVE INLAYS
5TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Comprising a turquoise profile head facing right with inlaid eye detail, 1 in. (2.5 cm.) high; a fragmentary blue and yellow mosaic glass Khepresh (War) Crown, with detailed yellow roundels,¾ in. (1.8 cm.) high; a mosaic red, yellow, blue and green floral collar, 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) wide; two cobalt blue arm fragments, one with an inlaid red, orange and white floral arm band, 2 in. (5.1 cm.) long max.; a cobalt blue leg fragment facing right with modelled knee and calf, 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high; and a pair of turquoise feet facing right, with stylized toes, 2 in. (5 cm.) long, mounted (7)
5TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Comprising a turquoise profile head facing right with inlaid eye detail, 1 in. (2.5 cm.) high; a fragmentary blue and yellow mosaic glass Khepresh (War) Crown, with detailed yellow roundels,¾ in. (1.8 cm.) high; a mosaic red, yellow, blue and green floral collar, 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) wide; two cobalt blue arm fragments, one with an inlaid red, orange and white floral arm band, 2 in. (5.1 cm.) long max.; a cobalt blue leg fragment facing right with modelled knee and calf, 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high; and a pair of turquoise feet facing right, with stylized toes, 2 in. (5 cm.) long, mounted (7)
Provenance
Sold Christie's London, The Per-neb collection, Highly Important Egyptian Antiquities, Part I, 9 December 1992, lots 33-37.
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