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| CIVILIZATION | Egyptian |
| PERIOD | Ptolemaic |
| DATE | circa 1st Century B.C. - A.D. |
| MATERIAL | Glass |
| MOUNTED | Yes |
Pair of mosaic glass inlays placed in heraldic opposition, in opaque red, opaque deep blue, opaque light blue and opaque yellow, preserved from a large bar, depicting a male torso, from hip to chest, wearing an arm band, the arm bent at the elbow with hand to chest. Length: 3cm each inlay
Mr. John J. Slocum, Newport, RI. (1914-1997), formed his collection while serving as a US Diplomat to Egypt during 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. His collection of Medieval Crusader Coins was sold in a single-owner sale at Sotheby’s, London in 1997.
Goldstein, S.; Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass, Corning Museum, p. 239, no. 695-696, for a parallel.
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| CATEGORY | Egyptian |
| PERIOD | Ptolemaic |
| DATE | circa 1st Century B.C. - A.D. |
| MATERIAL | |
| MOUNTED | Yes |