NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 1353-1336 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN OPAQUE RED GLASS FACE INLAY OF AKHENATEN
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 1353-1336 B.C.
With sensuous lips, recessed eye and eyebrow, pierced earlobe, faint traces of two 'vanity wrinkles' on the neck
1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) high

來源

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

展覽

Antikensmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig und Museum August Kestner Hannover, Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo!, 2008, no. 54c.

注意事項

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

拍品專文

PUBLISHED:
Exhibition catalogue, Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo!, Antikensmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig und Museum August Kestner Hannover, 2008, p. 107, no. 54c.

For another red glass face inlay, cf. E.M. Stern and B. Schick-Nolte, Early Glass of the Ancient World, 1600 B.C.-A.D. 50, Ernesto Wolf Collection, Ostfildern, 1994, p. 142, no. 11). The throne back of Tutankhamun, with inlaid relief scenes of the pharaoh and his queen, shows the widespread use of glass inlays in this period (Cairo Museum, JE 62028).

The red glass inlay of the pharaoh's body might suggest his earthly functions, whereas the blue might suggest his celestial functions.