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Egyptian Glazed Faience Offering Cup w/ Inscription

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**Originally Listed At $600**

Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom period, 19th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1292 to 1076 BCE. A hand-built faience offering cup of a petite form with a flared foot, a conical body, and a thick rim surrounding the shallow basin. The composition is covered with lustrous blue-green glaze, and the exterior walls bears dark-blue glaze within the hieroglyphic inscription. Offering cups like this example were often inscribed with the names of various deities like Osiris, Sokar, and Isis and were perhaps left as tomb offerings for a deceased individual. Size: 1.25" W x 2" H (3.2 cm x 5.1 cm)

Provenance: private J.H. collection, Beaverton, Oregon, USA, acquired in December, 2008; ex-Medusa Ancient Art, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; ex-private European collection

All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.

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#151269
Condition Report: Repaired from a few large pieces, with resurfacing and light overpainting along break lines. Minor abrasions and nicks to rim, body, and foot, with fading to areas of original glaze, and light encrustations. Nice traces of original glaze throughout. Hieroglyphic inscription is faded.

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**Originally Listed At $600**

Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom period, 19th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1292 to 1076 BCE. A hand-built faience offering cup of a petite form with a flared foot, a conical body, and a thick rim surrounding the shallow basin. The composition is covered with lustrous blue-green glaze, and the exterior walls bears dark-blue glaze within the hieroglyphic inscription. Offering cups like this example were often inscribed with the names of various deities like Osiris, Sokar, and Isis and were perhaps left as tomb offerings for a deceased individual. Size: 1.25" W x 2" H (3.2 cm x 5.1 cm)

Provenance: private J.H. collection, Beaverton, Oregon, USA, acquired in December, 2008; ex-Medusa Ancient Art, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; ex-private European collection

All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.

We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.

#151269
Condition Report: Repaired from a few large pieces, with resurfacing and light overpainting along break lines. Minor abrasions and nicks to rim, body, and foot, with fading to areas of original glaze, and light encrustations. Nice traces of original glaze throughout. Hieroglyphic inscription is faded.

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