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TWO EGYPTIAN 'AMARNA' CREAM AND YELLOW GLAZED COMPOSITION MARGUERITE INLAYS
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TWO EGYPTIAN 'AMARNA' CREAM AND YELLOW GLAZED COMPOSITION MARGUERITE INLAYS

DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 1350-1332 B.C.

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TWO EGYPTIAN 'AMARNA' CREAM AND YELLOW GLAZED COMPOSITION MARGUERITE INLAYS
DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 1350-1332 B.C.
Modelled naturalistically, 5.8 in. (1.6 cm.) diam.; two 'Amarna' glazed composition trussed bull inlays; a red glazed composition bull's head inlay; a white and blue glazed composition petal bead spacer; a blue glass 'poppy' pendant; a cornelian wedjat-eye, all Dynasty XVIII, circa 1550-1295 B.C., 1 in. (2.5 cm.) long max.; and a turquoise and brown glazed composition hedgehog seal, the underside cut with scarab holding sun disc, Late New Kingdom, circa 1085-750 B.C., ¾ in. (1.8 cm.) long (9)
Provenance
Acquired in Egypt between 1956-1958.
Sold to benefit The Hans Goedicke Foundation for Egyptology.
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Lot Essay

Cf. C. Aldred, Akhenaten and Nefertiti, The Brooklyn Museum, 1973, p. 215, no. 158 for a glazed faience tile inlaid with marguerites which once formed part of the decoration of the Great Palace at Tell el Amarna. The site was excavated in 1934 by J. Pendlebury on behalf of the Egypt Exploration Society.

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