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LOT 0506
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE FUNERARY DISH FOR MODELLED FOOD
MIDDLE KINGDOM, 12TH DYNASTY, 1991–1802 B.C.
4 3/8 in. (252 grams, 11.1 cm).
MIDDLE KINGDOM, 12TH DYNASTY, 1991–1802 B.C.
4 3/8 in. (252 grams, 11.1 cm).
Shaped as a shallow circular dish.
PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the German art market, 1989-1995.
with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC1, UK, 1998-2003.
Property of a London based academic, 2003-present.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Friedman, F.D., Borromeo, G., Leveque, M. (eds.), Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience, London, 1998, p.151 and p.239, for a similar dish in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no. E14188).
FOOTNOTES:
Faience food and dish simulacra replaced the wooden food preparation models of the earlier Middle Kingdom.
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AUCTIONS:
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