Plaque depicting a theatrical mask

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Plaque depicting a theatrical mask

Culture: Egyptian

Period: Roman period

Date: 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.

Medium: Mosaic glass

Dimensions:

h.: 13/16 in. (2 cm)

Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.

Object number: 96.28.2.b

Provenance: sold, Christie's, London, July 7, 1993, lot 25; with Sheppard & Cooper, Ltd., London; sold, Christie's, London, July 3, 1996, lot 260 to San Antonio Museum of Art

Published References Christie's, London, July 7, 1993, lot 25. Christie's, London, July 3, 1996, lot 260. C. Mahnke, Alexandrinische Mosaikglaseinlagen. Die Typologie, Systematik und Herstellung von Gesichterdarstellungen in der ptolemäischen Glaskunst (Wiesbaden, 2008), 131, no. 87.

Not on view

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Plaque depicting a theatrical mask

Plaque depicting a theatrical mask