Lot 112
112
AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE RELIEF FRAGMENT OF A PTOLEMAIC RULER OR HERO
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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE RELIEF FRAGMENT OF A PTOLEMAIC RULER OR HERO

PTOLEMAIC, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE RELIEF FRAGMENT OF A PTOLEMAIC RULER OR HERO
PTOLEMAIC, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Facing sideways, a cloak draped over the left shoulder of his bare torso, his wavy and fringed hair held in place by a strophion, with details of the fringe in brown glaze, details of wavy hair, fillet and cloak in pale green highlighted glaze
2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

For a similar oinochoe fragment of Berenike II as Isis, cf. exhibition catalogue, Kleopatre, Mainz, 1989, pp. 202-203, no. 64. See also exhibition catalogue, La Gloire d'Alexandrie, Musée du Petit Palais, Paris, 1998, pp. 148-150 for an essay on Ptolemaic faience vessels.

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