Egyptian Body of Anubis Glass Inlay

LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.

3 3/4 in. (108 grams, 96 mm).

With gently curved obverse and flat reverse, section of an inlay depicting Anubis, with thick neck and beginning of extended foreleg.

Provenance

Acquired on the French art market, 1980s.
with Bonhams, London, 13 April 2011, lot 21.

Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.

Literature

Cf. Stern, E., Schick-Nolte, B., Early Glass of the Ancient World, 1600 B.C.-A.D.50. Ersto Wlf Collection, 1994, p.176, no.28, for a complete reclining jackal inlay.

CONDITION

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