PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.

Details

AN EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS PRAYING LAPWING INLAY
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
With opaque red 'arms' and legs, opaque turquoise head, opaque yellow outline of eye and beak, opaque brown feathered body, with opaque red, yellow, white, and translucent blue wings, in translucent blue matrix
9/16 in. x 3/8 in. (1.4 cm. x 1 cm.)

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, no. 21.

Special notice

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, p. 72, no. 21.

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