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CIVILIZATION | Egyptian |
PERIOD | Ptolemaic |
DATE | circa 332-30 B.C. |
MATERIAL | Glass |
MOUNTED | Yes |
Opaque glass and polished, the fitting wig from a composite figure with incised parallel striations. Alternatively, known uses of similar wigs, suggested by its scale, may have formed a hieroglyph in an inscription on a coffin.
Private Collection, United Kingdom, 1970s.
Formerly with Rupert Wace Ancient Art.
with copy of Art Loss Register certificate, no. S00131268.
Schlick-Nolte, B.: Early Glass of the Ancient World, 1600 BC – AD 50, The Ernesto Wolf Collection, p. 343, no. 107, for a parallel.
For a composition figure, see: The Corning Museum of Glass, accession no. 66.1.216.
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CATEGORY | Egyptian |
PERIOD | Ptolemaic |
DATE | circa 332-30 B.C. |
MATERIAL | |
MOUNTED | Yes |