An Egyptian Mosaic Glass Round Floral Inlay Fragment
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Egypt; Ptolemaic-Roman period, 100 BC-100 AD
The central red, white, and yellow flower encased by conjoined ivy leave tendrils and palmettes on a dark blue ground. Framed by red and black flowers in a yellow matrix.
Note: A very similar fragment was sold in the Groppi Collection Sale, Christies, London, April 26, 2007, lot 63, for $11,500.
Dimensions
1" (2.5 cm)
Provenance:
Provenance: The John J. Slocum Collection
Mr. Slocum (1914-1997) collected most of his antiquities while serving as US cultural attache to Egypt in the 1960s. Later, he served as Assistant to the Director of The Smithsonian, was appointed by President Reagan to the Presidential Cultural Property Advisory Committee, and was a Trustee Emeritus of the Archaeological Institute of America. He was a well-respected scholar/collector, whose medieval crusader coins were sold in a single-owner sale at Sotheby's, London in 1997.
The central red, white, and yellow flower encased by conjoined ivy leave tendrils and palmettes on a dark blue ground. Framed by red and black flowers in a yellow matrix.
Note: A very similar fragment was sold in the Groppi Collection Sale, Christies, London, April 26, 2007, lot 63, for $11,500.
Dimensions
1" (2.5 cm)
Provenance:
Provenance: The John J. Slocum Collection
Mr. Slocum (1914-1997) collected most of his antiquities while serving as US cultural attache to Egypt in the 1960s. Later, he served as Assistant to the Director of The Smithsonian, was appointed by President Reagan to the Presidential Cultural Property Advisory Committee, and was a Trustee Emeritus of the Archaeological Institute of America. He was a well-respected scholar/collector, whose medieval crusader coins were sold in a single-owner sale at Sotheby's, London in 1997.
Condition
Good fragmentary condition.
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An Egyptian Mosaic Glass Round Floral Inlay Fragment
Estimate $600 - $1,800
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