Plaque depicting a theatrical mask
Probable place made:Egypt
Culture: Egyptian
Period: Roman period
Date: 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.
Medium: Mosaic glass
Dimensions:
h.: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 96.28.2.a
Provenance: sold, Christie's, London, July 7, 1993, lot 25; with Sheppard & Cooper, Ltd., London by 1994; 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.
Sheppard & Cooper, Ltd., 1994, "Glass: The Eighth Wonder of the Ancient World," (catalogue), p. 2, no. 6.
Christies, London, July 3, 1996, lot 260.
C. Mahnke, Alexandrinische Mosaikglaseinlagen. Die Typologie, Systematik und Herstellung von Gesichterdarstellungen in der ptolemäischen Glaskunst (Wiesbaden, 2008), 119-120, no. 65
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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