Asta Bidspirit | Egyptian Apis Bull mosaic glass


Egyptian Apis Bull mosaic glass inlay, Ptolemaic period, ca. 300 - 30 BC; height cm 1,5; length cm 1,2; wide cm 0,5; Bull represented in profile with black and white body, yellow horns and red solar disc; all in a turquoise matrix. Provenance: From the collection of George John Gregory (Valletta 1865 - Cairo 1931); thence by descent.