NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX/XX, CIRCA 1290-1160 B.C.

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SEVEN EGYPTIAN CREAM AND GREY 'FAIENCE' MARGUERITE ROUNDELS
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX/XX, CIRCA 1290-1160 B.C.
Each inlay with eight radiating petals and central yellow boss
2 1/3 to 7/8 in. (6.1 to 2.1 cm.) diam. (7)

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Lot Essay

Cf. F. D. Friedman (ed.), Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience, London, 1998, p. 87, nos. 55 and 56 for similar.

These floral inlays have been found in the royal palaces of Seti II and Ramesses II, and the palace of Ramesses III at Tell el Yahudiyeh.

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