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Head Inlay

Head Inlay

 
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Object Name: 
Head Inlay
Department
European
Place Made: 
Egypt
Date: 
1-99
Technique
AAT
casting
Dimensions: 
Overall W: 3 cm, L: 4.5 cm, Th: 1.3 cm
Accession Number: 
52.7.4
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Opaque red glass with inlays of opaque white and translucent medium blue glass, dull surface, no weathering product; cast and retouched by cutting. Badly chipped and somewhat coarse head of a male figure facing left, eye and eyebrow gouged out to receive inlays, eye preserved but broken.
Provenance
Parke-Bernet Galleries, NYC, Source to 1952-02-04
Mansoor, M. A., Former Collection to
The magnificient collection of ancient Egyptian art, Greek and Roman sculptures ... formed by M. A. Mansoor (1952-01-31) lot #63;

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