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THBLot of 4 Egyptian Glass Heads - 3 Human and 1 Jackal
Lot 12
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Mar 12, 2020
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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Egypt, Ptolemaic to early Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 332 BCE to first half of 1st century CE. A fabulous ensemble of four mold-cast opaque glass faces presented in a myriad of vibrant colors. Two human busts face to the left, one with a black, cream-tipped coiffure, and the other with red stripes on her hair, chest, and one eye. A third human faces to the right with a puffy chest beneath a finely detailed face. The largest fragment depicts a jackal-headed figure with a red-and-white hood, perhaps depicting Anubis - the god of the dead and the process of embalming - or Duamutef, one of the four Sons of Horus. Figural glass inlays were typically created to adorn recesses in wooden coffins or limestone reliefs, and human-headed examples like these may represent mourners. Size of largest (jackal): 1.5" W x 1.75" H (3.8 cm x 4.4 cm)
For a few good examples of glass inlays from the same time period, please see: Stern, E. Marianne and Birgit Schlick-Nolte. "Early Glass of the Ancient World: 1600 B.C. - A.D. 50 | Ernesto Wolf Collection." Verlag Gerd Hatje, Germany, 1994, pp. 358-364, figs. 115-118.
Provenance: ex-Dr. Sid Port collection, California, USA, acquired in the 1970s; ex-Norman Blankman collection, New York, USA, acquired in the 1950s in Cairo, Egypt
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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#153320All items are fragments of larger glass compositions and have been professionally cleaned and conserved. Jackal head and two of three human heads repaired from a few large pieces, with resurfacing and light adhesive residue along break lines. All items have nicks to lower peripheries, with softening to some finer details, and minor darkening to some areas. Light earthen deposits and great remains of original colors throughout.Condition
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