CIRCA 7TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
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FOUR EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION FRAGMENTS
CIRCA 7TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
Comprising a fragment depicting a squatting monkey eating a fig, green and yellow glaze, Persian period, 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) across; another from a menat-counterpoise, showing two confronting goddesses and inscribed in hieroglyphs with "May Hathor give life....", rev. inscribed with "Wah-ib-re, son of Re, Ps[amtik]", 664-610 B.C., 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) across; a turquoise glazed Bes headdress, the rev. with a trussed gazelle, 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) across; and a green glazed inlaid 'blue' wing fragment, 2 in. (5.1 cm.) long (4)
CIRCA 7TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
Comprising a fragment depicting a squatting monkey eating a fig, green and yellow glaze, Persian period, 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) across; another from a menat-counterpoise, showing two confronting goddesses and inscribed in hieroglyphs with "May Hathor give life....", rev. inscribed with "Wah-ib-re, son of Re, Ps[amtik]", 664-610 B.C., 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) across; a turquoise glazed Bes headdress, the rev. with a trussed gazelle, 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) across; and a green glazed inlaid 'blue' wing fragment, 2 in. (5.1 cm.) long (4)
Provenance
Sold Sotheby's London, 21 May 1984, lot 120.
Red ink numbers read: (b) 27.41.171, (c) 27.41.135, (d) 27.41.167, these appear to correspond to excavation or museum accession numbers.
Red ink numbers read: (b) 27.41.171, (c) 27.41.135, (d) 27.41.167, these appear to correspond to excavation or museum accession numbers.
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