Lot 19
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AN EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS VULTURE HEAD INLAY
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AN EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS VULTURE HEAD INLAY

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

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AN EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS VULTURE HEAD INLAY
PTOLEMAIC-ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Opaque turquoise, red, white and yellow, translucent cobalt blue outline of head and beak, with a series of red and blue dots around the eye, with a blue and white bar with blue striations below the eye
¾ in. (2 cm.) long
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. 27.
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. 77, no. 27.

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