Lot Essay
For a comparable shrine amluet, cf. V. Arveiller-Dulong and M.-D. Nenna, Les verres antiques du Musée du Louvre, Vol. III, Paris, 2011, p. 296, no. 478.
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PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Details
FOUR EGYPTIAN GLASS AMULETS
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Comprising a cavetto-corniced shrine, recessed for winged sun-disc above, now missing, and two side columns, with attachment loop above, with silvery blue and green iridescence; a fragmentary upper part of a winged figure wearing a disc; a blue vulture inlay; and a ba-bird inlay
Pectoral: 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high max.; birds: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long max. (4)
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Comprising a cavetto-corniced shrine, recessed for winged sun-disc above, now missing, and two side columns, with attachment loop above, with silvery blue and green iridescence; a fragmentary upper part of a winged figure wearing a disc; a blue vulture inlay; and a ba-bird inlay
Pectoral: 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high max.; birds: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long max. (4)
Provenance
The Groppi Collection, Switzerland; gifted by Dr. Keimer in 1954-1955.
Special notice
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