拍品 10
10
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE VASE
PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE VASE

MIDDLE KINGDOM, DYNASTY XII-XIII, 1991-1640 B.C.

细节
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE VASE
MIDDLE KINGDOM, DYNASTY XII-XIII, 1991-1640 B.C.
Turquoise-blue in color, the piriform vessel tapering to the neck and flaring to the rim, the details in black glaze including triangular lotus petals encircling the body, a wavy band above, two bands below, a rosette on the base
3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm.) high
来源
Jerusalem Art Market, 1975.

拍品专文

A similar example was found in tomb 32-1-34 at Jericho (no. 84 in Caubet and Pierrat-Bonnefois, eds., Faïences, de l'Antiquité de l'AEgypte à l'Iran). The author asserts that the Jericho vessel was part of a tradition of locally-produced small faience vessels, influenced greatly by Egyptian imports and sometimes difficult to distinguish from them.

The shape of this vessel is perhaps meant to evoke the closed bud of the Egyptian blue lily (Nymphaea caerulea), with its narrow, pointed leaves and slight blue tinge.