GRAECO-ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

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NINE EGYPTIAN FRAGMENTARY MOSAIC GLASS 'NEW COMEDY' THEATRICAL MASKS
GRAECO-ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Comprising two with bearded men; three with old man masks; four with ivy wreaths; and a feathered headdress in blue matrix
¾ in. (1.9 cm.) high max. (9)

Provenance

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

Special notice

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

Lot Essay

Cf. E. M. Stern and B. Schlick-Nolte, Early Glass of the Ancient World, 1600 B.C.-A.D. 50, Ernesto Wolf Collection, Ostfildern, 1994, nos 131-132; and S. Auth, 'Mosaic glass mask plaques and the ancient theater', Journal of Glass Studies 41 (1999), pp. 51-72; and C. Insley Green, 'A group of Egyptian mosaic glass inlays dating from the Third Century B.C. to the 1st Century A.D.', A. Leahy and J. Tait (eds.), Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honour of H. S. Smith, London, 1999, p. 147-149; and exhibition catalogue, Ancient Glass in the Miho Museum, Kyoto, 2001, pls 101-104 for complete examples.

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