BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
AN EGYPTIAN RED GLASS INLAY HEAD, 30TH DYNASTY/EARLY PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 380-250 B.C.
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July 9, 02:08 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
AN EGYPTIAN RED GLASS INLAY HEAD, 30TH DYNASTY/EARLY PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 380-250 B.C.
facing left, with long neck and finely carved features, the corner of the mouth indented, the upper lid with finely incised fold.
Height 4 cm.
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private collection (Mr. G.M.), France (previously mounted as a brooch in a yellow-gold setting dating to c. 1940s)
Phidias, Paris, June 15th, 2018, no. 59, illus.
Red head inlay heads were created in Egypt from the New Kingdom through the Ptolemaic Period. The color is consistent with the Egyptian tradition of depicting male skin as red, as evidenced by preserved wall paintings.