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LOT 0515
Egyptian Turquoise Faience Amphora
ROMAN PERIOD, 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
8 1/4 in. (2.2 kg, 21 cm wide).
A turquoise blue faience jar probably made in Roman Egypt, in a form similar to that of a Greek column krater, with a broad shoulder and rim, two angled strap handles with scalloped ends, band of raised scales to the shoulder, lotus leaves to the body and shoulder; restored.
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market mid 1990s.
with Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 22 September 1998, lot 31.
with Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 22 April 1999, lot 641.
with Christie's, London, 18 October 2005, lot 10.
Previously with Mansour Gallery, London W1.
Property of a North West London gentleman.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Christie's and Bonhams catalogue pages.
Literature
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 2021.41.171, for a very similar example; cf. Grimm, G., 'Two Early Imperial Faience Vessels from Egypt', in Thompson, D. (ed.), Miscellanea Wilbouriana 1, The Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1972, pp.71-100, fig.10, for a discussion of a vessel similar in style and almost identical in height (17cm) in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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