Lot 8
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AN EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS 'UNIFICATION' BAR AND THREE INLAYS
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AN EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS 'UNIFICATION' BAR AND THREE INLAYS

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

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AN EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS 'UNIFICATION' BAR AND THREE INLAYS
PTOLEMAIC-ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Depicting lotus bundles standing in a pool of water entwined with papyrus stalks around the hieroglyph sema, in turquoise, cobalt blue, yellow and black, in red matrix
bar: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm.) long; inlays: 3/8 in. x 3/8 in. (1 cm. x 1 cm.) each (4)
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. 8.
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. 66, no. 8.

The lotus symbolising Upper Egypt and the papyrus Lower Egypt, which are entwined around the sema-sign (lit. lungs and windpipe), representing the unification of the Two Lands.

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