Mosaic glass bars with feather patterns
Probable place made:Egypt
Culture: Egyptian
Period: Hellenistic period-Roman period
Date: 3rd-1st century B.C.
Medium: Glass
Dimensions:
c: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm)
d: 7/16 in. (1.1 cm)
e: 3/8 in. (1 cm)
f: 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)
g: 3/8 in. (1 cm)
h: 3/8 in. (1 cm)
i: 7/16 in. (1.1 cm)
j: 1/4 in. (0.7 cm)
k: 1/4 in. (0.6 cm)
l: 1/4 in. (0.7 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 96.28.3.c-l
Provenance: sold, Christie’s, London, July 7, 1993, lot 91; with Sheppard & Cooper, Ltd., London by 1996; sold by Sheppard & Cooper, Ltd., Christie’s, London, July 3, 1996, lot 261 to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1996
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