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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Of deep turquoise blue with details in yellow, preserving a corner acroterion formed of palm fronds of varying lengths, arranged in descending order from the center, each curving outward at its tip, the entablature composed of a projecting cornice, a frieze of vertical ridges, a raised molding and dentils
6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Of deep turquoise blue with details in yellow, preserving a corner acroterion formed of palm fronds of varying lengths, arranged in descending order from the center, each curving outward at its tip, the entablature composed of a projecting cornice, a frieze of vertical ridges, a raised molding and dentils
6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Virginia Wood Riggs (d. 1995), Washington D.C., gifted to her by a friend in the early 1960s; thence by descent to Joanne McGregor, Washington, D.C., 1996.
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