FURNITURE KNOB, dome-shaped, opaque dark amber glass with applied marvered white trails, and turquoise, orange and white inlays, the stripes and some of the circles missing, pierced through at the base with two small pin holes on either side -- 2.1cm. high, 3.3cm. diam.; another similar, opaque dark 'blue', but plain -- 2.1cm. high, 3.6cm. diam., late Dynasty XVIII, circa 1400-1300 B.C. or later; and a glazed red 'pottery' reed or ear-plug, with eight radiating spokes on each 'face'-- 1.8cm. high, 2.5cm. diam. max., New Kingdom or later (3)
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FURNITURE KNOB, dome-shaped, opaque dark amber glass with applied marvered white trails, and turquoise, orange and white inlays, the stripes and some of the circles missing, pierced through at the base with two small pin holes on either side -- 2.1cm. high, 3.3cm. diam.; another similar, opaque dark 'blue', but plain -- 2.1cm. high, 3.6cm. diam., late Dynasty XVIII, circa 1400-1300 B.C. or later; and a glazed red 'pottery' reed or ear-plug, with eight radiating spokes on each 'face'-- 1.8cm. high, 2.5cm. diam. max., New Kingdom or later (3)
Lot Essay
Item one: cf. Cooney, 1834; Goldstein, no. 161
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