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THREE EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS FRAGMENTARY FISH INLAYS
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THREE EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS FRAGMENTARY FISH INLAYS

PTOLEMAIC-ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D.

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THREE EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS FRAGMENTARY FISH INLAYS
PTOLEMAIC-ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Composed of polychrome canes simulating fish scales and fins, the heads with blue eyes, circled with yellow and red, the mouths with serrated teeth
11 in. (28 cm.) long max. (34)
Provenance
The Groppi Collection, Switzerland; acquired in the 1920s-1940s.
Exhibited
Antikensmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig und Museum August Kestner Hannover, Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo!, 2008, nos 32d-f.
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Exhibition catalogue, Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo!, Antikensmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig und Museum August Kestner Hannover, 2008, pp. 80-81, nos 32d-f.

Cf. a similar group from the Kofler-Truniger collection sold at Christie's, London, 5 and 6 March 1985, lot 226. Also a detailed fish head from the Sangiorgi collection, sold Christie's, New York, 3 June 1999, lot 70.

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