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

细节

AN EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS WAGTAIL INLAY
PTOLEMAIC-ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
With turquoise cap, opaque white body and underbelly, dark brown and yellow medium covert feathers, and green and yellow flight feathers, alternating green, pale blue and red tail feathers, yellow feet on pale blue base line, in translucent white and blue marbled matrix
1 1/16 in. x ¾ in. (2.6 cm. x 1.9 cm.)

来源

The Groppi Collection, Switzerland; acquired in the 1920s-1940s.

展览

Antikensmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig und Museum August Kestner Hannover, Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo!, 2008, no. 28a.

注意事项

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

拍品专文

PUBLISHED:
Exhibition catalogue, Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo!, Antikensmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig und Museum August Kestner Hannover, 2008, p. 78, no. 28a.

Cf. Sangiorgi collection; Christie's, New York, 3 June 1990, lot 90; and Ancient Glass in the Miho Museum, 2001, no. 109 for similar.