Lot 125
125
A TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION THROW-STICK FRAGMENT, the handle decorated with lotus petals in black glaze, 5¼in. (13.2cm.) long; and a turquoise glazed composition jar lid, with details in black glaze comprising central petals surrounded by a 'web' pattern and four lozenges, repaired, 4 7/8in. (12.2cm.) diam., both Dynasty XVIII (1550-1307 B.C.) (2)

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A TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION THROW-STICK FRAGMENT, the handle decorated with lotus petals in black glaze, 5¼in. (13.2cm.) long; and a turquoise glazed composition jar lid, with details in black glaze comprising central petals surrounded by a 'web' pattern and four lozenges, repaired, 4 7/8in. (12.2cm.) diam., both Dynasty XVIII (1550-1307 B.C.) (2)

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For item one, cf. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, no. E.36.1891 for an identical stick from the tomb of Tuthmosis III in the Valley of the Kings. Model glazed composition throw-sticks were a standard part of royal burials in Dynasty XVIII

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