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LOT 0016
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.
ProvenanceAcquired on the French art market, 1980s.
with Bonhams, London, 13 April 2011, lot 21.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.
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.
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LOT 0016
Egyptian Body of Anubis Glass Inlay
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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