Egyptian Glass Eye Pair
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. A pair of glass eye inlays from a mummy case, brown glass irises, painted black pupils and lateral tear ducts; mounted on a custom-made glass stand. See Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.69, for discussion. 1.3 kg total, 35.5 cm high including stand (14 in.). French collection, 1960s-early 2000s.From an important Paris gallery, France.with Jean Marc Delvaux SVV, 15 December 2017, lot 274.