EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM FAIENCE ROSETTE INLAY
EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM FAIENCE ROSETTE INLAY
New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, Ca. 1184 - 1153 BC
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A glazed faience composition set with x-shaped design with creamy brown petals on a blue X design background with a yellow central boss. Thousands of similar rosettes were found at the Delta site of Tell el-Yahudiya where a small palace of Ramesses III was discovered. For similar see: F. Dunn Friedman (ed.), Gifts of the Nile. Ancient Egyptian Faience, (Providence 1998), pp.87 & 197, nos. 55-56.
Size: 55mm x 55mm; Weight: 35g
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014, acquired from Charles Ede Ltd.; Ex. South American Collection acquired 1950s, then English private collection acquired early 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
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EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM FAIENCE ROSETTE INLAY
New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, Ca. 1184 - 1153 BC
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A glazed faience composition set with x-shaped design with creamy brown petals on a blue X design background with a yellow central boss. Thousands of similar rosettes were found at the Delta site of Tell el-Yahudiya where a small palace of Ramesses III was discovered. For similar see: F. Dunn Friedman (ed.), Gifts of the Nile. Ancient Egyptian Faience, (Providence 1998), pp.87 & 197, nos. 55-56.
Size: 55mm x 55mm; Weight: 35g
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014, acquired from Charles Ede Ltd.; Ex. South American Collection acquired 1950s, then English private collection acquired early 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
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