A NEW KINGDOM FAIENCE ROSETTE
dynasty xx, 1196-1070 b.c.
White in color with a gray diamond decorated with an eight-petalled "chrysantheum," a raised yellow boss at the center, inscribed on the underside with a mark resembling an Alpha
2 in. (5 cm) in diameter
Provenance
German Private Collection
Lot Essay
For related rosettes from Tell el-Yahudiha dating to the reign of Ramesses III see nos. 55-66 in Friedman, et al., Gifts of the Nile, Ancient Egyptian Faience.