PROPERTY FROM THE PLAISANT JOZEF NESTOR COLLECTION
A ROMAN FAIENCE VASE
EGYPT, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN FAIENCE VASE
Egypt, Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Of black and green glaze, the body decorated with applied floral motifs, an applied garland on the shoulder separating it from an off-set neck, the two vertical ribbed strap handles with three knobs at the join to the off-set disk rim, on a ring base
8½ in. (21.6 cm) high
Provenance
Mariaud de Serres, Paris, 1999
Descriptif du lot
For similar examples see Grimm, "Two Early Imperial Faience Vessels from Egypt," in Miscellanea Wilbouriana 1.