An Egyptian Faience Vessel
Sale 910 - Antiquities & Ethnographic Art
Nov 18, 2021
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$15,000 -
$25,000
Sold for $23,750
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
An Egyptian Faience Vessel
Ptolemaic Period, 304-30 B.C.
Width 7 inches (18 cm).
Provenance:
Private Collection, Europe, prior to 1986.
Edward H. Merrin Gallery, by 1986.
Private Collection, New York, 1986-2021.
Edward H. Merrin Gallery, by 1986.
Private Collection, New York, 1986-2021.
Published:
Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York, The Majesty of Ancient Egypt and the Classical World (Exhibition Catalogue), 1986, p.31.
Note:
Note:
The distinctive globular shape with cylindrical lug-handles mimics Pre-dynastic and Old Kingdom vessels while the scale-pattern decoration (stylized grapes?) occurs mostly in the Ptolemaic period. Comparable decoration is also attested in Nubian faience and terracotta vessels.
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