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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GREEN FAIENCE CHALICE
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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GREEN FAIENCE CHALICE

LATE NEW KINGDOM OR EARLY THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1000 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GREEN FAIENCE CHALICE
LATE NEW KINGDOM OR EARLY THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1000 B.C.
The flaring cup in the form of a lotus flower rising from a slender stem with flaring foot, repaired
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high
Provenance
Wilhelm Horn (1870-1959); acquired from Dr Lederer, 1930.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

Cf. F. D. Friedman, Gifts of the Nile, London, 1998, pp. 126 and 224, no. 114 for a similar piece. Friedman, op.cit., "The meaning of the lotus, the ubiquitous symbol of new life, was enhanced through depicting it in faience, a material in which notions of light and rebirth were intrinsic".

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