Lot Essay
For a similar example in Berlin see pp. 229-304 in Friedman, Gifts of the Nile. Ancient Egyptian Faience.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MATHILDA GOLDMAN
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE NEW YEARS VESSEL
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXV-XXVI, 712-525 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE NEW YEARS VESSEL
Late Period, Dynasty XXV-XXVI, 712-525 B.C.
The ovoid vessel decorated with a broad collar motif on the top and lotus flowers on the bottom, the middle register on one side depicting a cow with tall plumes and a solar disk between its horns, striding in a papyrus swamp, the other side depicting a winged uraeus protecting a Horus falcon wearing a double crown, standing before papyrus umbels, each side separated by two bands of hieroglyphic text, reading "May Nebet-hetep open the New Year for this vessel's owner" on one side and "May Amun-Re open the New Year for this vessel's owner" on the other, the short cylindrical neck now-missing
4¼ in. (10.8 cm) high
Late Period, Dynasty XXV-XXVI, 712-525 B.C.
The ovoid vessel decorated with a broad collar motif on the top and lotus flowers on the bottom, the middle register on one side depicting a cow with tall plumes and a solar disk between its horns, striding in a papyrus swamp, the other side depicting a winged uraeus protecting a Horus falcon wearing a double crown, standing before papyrus umbels, each side separated by two bands of hieroglyphic text, reading "May Nebet-hetep open the New Year for this vessel's owner" on one side and "May Amun-Re open the New Year for this vessel's owner" on the other, the short cylindrical neck now-missing
4¼ in. (10.8 cm) high
Provenance
Mathias Komor, New York