Lot 100
100
A FAIENCE 'NEW YEAR' FLASK, the neck in the form of a papyrus column flanked by two seated adoring baboons representing Thoth, the recorder of time, the shoulder decorated with a double collar, the edge of the flask with a column of inscription on each side linked by crosshatching, one side wishing a Happy New Year, the other with invocations to Ptah and Sekhmet, Dynasty XXVI (664-525 B.C.)

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A FAIENCE 'NEW YEAR' FLASK, the neck in the form of a papyrus column flanked by two seated adoring baboons representing Thoth, the recorder of time, the shoulder decorated with a double collar, the edge of the flask with a column of inscription on each side linked by crosshatching, one side wishing a Happy New Year, the other with invocations to Ptah and Sekhmet, Dynasty XXVI (664-525 B.C.)
6 5/8in. (16.9cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. E. Riefstahl, Ancient Egyptian Glass and Glazes in the Brooklyn Museum, The Brooklyn Museum, 1968, pp. 62 and 106-107, no. 60 for a similar flask in faience

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