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Catalogue

444. Inlay in the Form of a Face

Accession Number 2003.151
Dimensions H. 2.7, W. 2.0, Th. 0.9 cm; Wt. 9.42 g
Date Thirtieth Dynasty to early Ptolemaic period, fourth–third centuries BCE
Production Area Egypt
Material Opaque red glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Cast
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Condition

Covered with white weathering.

Description

Profile head facing to the left. Facial features well articulated. Almond-shaped, oval eye; chubby cheeks; heavy lips; large ear; wide neck, ending in a semicircle. Eyebrow and eyelids rendered as fine, delicately raised lines.

Comments and Comparanda

On Pharaonic Egyptian glass inlays in general, see comments on cat. 442.

Provenance

By 1974–1988, Erwin Oppenländer, 1901–1988 (Waiblingen, Germany), by inheritance to his son, Gert Oppenländer, 1988; 1988–2003, Gert Oppenländer (Waiblingen, Germany), sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003

Bibliography

, p. 25, no. 30; p. 27, plate no. 30.

Exhibitions

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity (Malibu, 2009–2010)

Gläser der Antike: Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer (Hamburg and Cologne, 1974–1975)