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Egyptian Blue-Glazed Faience White Lotus Chalice Egyptian Blue-Glazed Faience White Lotus Chalice Egyptian Blue-Glazed Faience White Lotus Chalice
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LOT 0032

Egyptian Blue-Glazed Faience White Lotus Chalice

NEW KINGDOM-THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 1315-945 B.C.

4 3/4 in. (205 grams, 12 cm).

The lotiform cup modelled as an open lotus flower with incised petal detailing to the outer face, short stem and flared foot; some restoration.

Provenance

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 no.12100-214087.

Literature

Cf. Freed, R., et al., Egypt’s Golden Age, the Art of Living in the New Kingdom, 1558-1085 B.C, Boston, 1982, p.147, no.147, for a similar pale blue faience white lotus chalice; S., Reeves, N., and Quirke, S., Egyptian Art at Eton College: Selections from the Myers Museum, Windsor/New York, 1999, p.39, no.56, for a squatter version of this chalice style in deep blue faience.

Footnotes

Faience chalices shaped like the flowers of the white lotus (Nymphaea albicans) first appeared in the 18th Dynasty, and are thought to be drinking vessels.

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LOT 0032

Egyptian Blue-Glazed Faience White Lotus Chalice

Estimate £5,000 - 7,000€5,800 - 8,120 (for guidance only)$6,750 - 9,450 (for guidance only)

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