NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII (1550-1327 B.C.)

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AN EGYPTIAN 'AMARNA' BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION GRAPE BUNCH ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII (1550-1327 B.C.)
With right-angled recess at the back, pierced twice for attachment to a beam, 25/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high; a New Kingdom cream glazed composition rosette inlay ornamented with a white eight-petalled rosette on a grey background, pierced in the centre, Dynasty XX (1186-1070 B.C.), 1¼ in. (3 cm.) diam.; and a blue glazed composition inlay of a khepresh or 'Blue Crown' decorated with dotted circles, with mount, Ptolemaic, circa 3rd-1st Century B.C., 2¾ x 23/8 in. (7.1 x 6.1 cm.) (3)

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Lot Essay

Cf. F. D. Friedman (ed.), Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience, Museum of Art, Rhode Island, 1998, p. 186, no. 29 for a 'Blue Crown', p. 189, nos 36-38 for grape clusters; and p. 197, nos 55-56 for rosettes.

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