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EARLY PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN FRAGMENTARY GLASS WING
EARLY PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
The feathers of opaque light blue glass with yellow outlines and translucent dark blue tips
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) wide max.
EARLY PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
The feathers of opaque light blue glass with yellow outlines and translucent dark blue tips
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) wide max.
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Henry Wallis (1830-1916).
In later life the Pre-Raphaelite artist, Wallis, became a noted scholar and collector of antiquities; his publications included works on Egyptian, Classical, Medieval and Islamic art. Wallis travelled widely in the Mediterranean and Egypt, where he met the archaeologist Sir W. M. Flinders Petrie.
For similar, cf. Exhibition catalogue, Egypte, Eender en Anders, Amsterdam, 1984, pp. 136-137, no. 312.
In later life the Pre-Raphaelite artist, Wallis, became a noted scholar and collector of antiquities; his publications included works on Egyptian, Classical, Medieval and Islamic art. Wallis travelled widely in the Mediterranean and Egypt, where he met the archaeologist Sir W. M. Flinders Petrie.
For similar, cf. Exhibition catalogue, Egypte, Eender en Anders, Amsterdam, 1984, pp. 136-137, no. 312.
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