LATE DYNASTY XVIII, LATE AMENHOTEP III OR AMARNA PERIOD, CIRCA 1350 B.C.

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AN 'EGYPTIAN BLUE' FRAGMENTARY LOTUS BOWL
LATE DYNASTY XVIII, LATE AMENHOTEP III OR AMARNA PERIOD, CIRCA 1350 B.C.
The bowl with remains of infilled yellow ochre decoration, overlapping lotus petals around the body with a frieze of four running gazelle on the shoulder, repaired, mounted
2 7/8 in. (7.5 cm) high

Exhibited

Ägypten: Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, 1997; and Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, 1997-1998.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1996, III, no. 234; Noah's Ark, 1997, no. 132; M. Page-Gasser and A. B. Wiese, Ägypten, Augenblicke der Ewigkeit, Mainz, 1997, pp. 155-156, no. 96.

The combination of yellow ochre and 'Egyptian blue' was a favourite of Tiy, queen of Amenhotep III, especially on objects inscribed jointly for her and her husband.

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