Lot 47
47
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE CHALICE
THE PROPERTY OF A WEST COAST PRIVATE COLLECTOR
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE CHALICE

THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXII, 1070-712 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE CHALICE
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXII, 1070-712 B.C.
In the form of a blue lotus, deep blue in color, with black details for the overlapping petals and striations along the stem, the bowl flaring at the rim, the foot splayed
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Everit Macy Collection.
with Dikran G. Kelekian, New York, 1941.
The Cincinnati Art Museum; Sotheby's, New York, 14 December 1994, lot 215.

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Lot Essay

As Friedman informs (Gifts of the Nile, no. 114, p. 224), "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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