Lot 138
138
AN EGYPTIAN BLUE AND YELLOW GLASS HYBRID AMULET
AN EGYPTIAN BLUE AND YELLOW GLASS HYBRID AMULET
AN EGYPTIAN BLUE AND YELLOW GLASS HYBRID AMULET
1 More
AN EGYPTIAN BLUE AND YELLOW GLASS HYBRID AMULET
4 More
This lot is offered without reserve. PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN BLUE AND YELLOW GLASS HYBRID AMULET

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

Details
AN EGYPTIAN BLUE AND YELLOW GLASS HYBRID AMULET
PTOLEMAIC-ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D
2 3⁄16 in. (5.5 cm.) high
Provenance
The Groppi Collection, Switzerland, acquired in the 1920s-1940s.
The Groppi Collection, Christie's, London, 26 April 2012, lot 92.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

Brought to you by

Claudio Corsi
Claudio Corsi Specialist, Head of Department
+44 (0) 20 7389 2607

Lot Essay


The amulet is in the form of a syncretistic deity composed of a dwarf's body with a ram's head, falcon's wings and tail in opaque blue glass, with the remains of a yellow disc and crescent moon headdress. Cf. C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p. 37, no. 33c, for a similar amulet dating from the Late Period.

More from Antiquities

View All
View All