Lot 0339

A Large Egyptian Glass Inlay of a Bird

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Item Details

Description

Egypt; Late Period. 716-30 BCOf cobalt blue glass with light blue core, apparently a swan, its head turned back and resting on its body. Breast, wing, and tail feathers are delineated.

2 - 1/8" (5.4 cm)

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 SothebyÂ’s, London in 1997.

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