Monday 30 October 2023
An Egyptian white glazed faience fragment from a chalice, 3rd Intermediate Period, 1075-716 B.C.
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Description
An Egyptian white glazed faience fragment from a chalice, 3rd Intermediate Period, 1075-716 B.C.
Moulded in shallow relief with part of a scene showing a man grasping a prisoner by the hair about to smite him, behind a male figure wearing a kilt and crown, standing behind an enthroned king or god holding a crook, aquatic birds in the register above, Nilotic flowers below, 5cm x 6cm
Provenance:
Private collection, Japan (Sotheby’s, New York, June 12th, 2001, no. 326, illus.)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale.
Property from the collection of Peter Sharrer, US.
Exhibited:
Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch, in collaboration with Claire Brown Art, London, 2022 “Yes, wonderful things”. Egyptian Art from 3000-100 B.C., cat. no. 20, illus.
For related examples see F. D. Friedman, ed., Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience, Providence, 1998, no. 116 (king smiting prisoner) and 117 (swamp scene). Also compare Egyptian Art at Eton College, Windsor, 1999, nos. 53 and 54.
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