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LOT 0420
Egyptian Blue Faience Cup
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
2 14 in. (56.8 grams, 56 mm).
Conical in profile with a wide base and a shallow, hollow interior.
ProvenancePrivate collection, USA and Switzerland, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent.
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Romano-Egyptian Alabaster Bowl
4th-5th century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
With flat rim and four projecting lugs; band of incised concentric rings to the rim and shoulder; curving sidewall to a narrow flat base. 503 grams, 13.2 cm wide
Private collection, USA and Switzerland, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; by descent to the current owner.
Vessels of this typology were used mainly as mortars for crushing legumes, cereals, fruit, spices, the bare minimum needed for preparing daily food, but also for pharmaceutical products and for painting, for mixing colours and ointments. -
Large Egyptian Faience Cat Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Modelled seated on a tongue-shaped base, with simple facial detailing and suspension loop to the shoulders. 12.46 grams, 40.75 mm
Ex early 20th century London, UK, collection.
The cat was sacred to Bastet, a protective mother goddess and the daughter of the sun god Re. Amulets were believed to provide the wearer with the goddess's protection. -
Egyptian Blue-Glazed Faience White Lotus Chalice
New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period, 1315-945 B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
The lotiform cup modelled as an open lotus flower with incised petal detailing to the outer face, short stem and flared foot; some restoration. 205 grams, 12.1 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12937-243177.
Faience chalices shaped like the flowers of the white lotus (Nymphaea albicans) first appeared in the 18th Dynasty and are believed to be drinking vessels.
