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Description : Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, ca. 664 to 525 BCE. A faience flask with with twin curved handles flanking the neck and a very pale blue and in other places brown faience glaze. The neck flares out slightly from a narrow spout. Size: 5.1 W x 6.7 H (13 cm x 17 cm) These mold made flasks, famous from late Egyptian contexts, were first described by the famous early archaeologist and Egyptologist Flinders Petrie, who found and excavated a great deal of fragmentary ones at Naukratis. This one, with its pale turquoise glaze, may also be from there (others are apple green). These flasks were offered as a gift around July 19th, when the Egyptian New Year's festival took place.It is not currently known what contents they were made to hold - some have suggested cosmetics, but others believe they may also have been made to hold the waters of the flooded Nile. Provenance: Ex-Private Florida collection All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #118842
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About the lot N° 5C
Title : Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic Period
Size : 5.1 W x 6.7 H (13 cm x 17 cm)
Condition report : Intact, wth some losses to faience covering.
Artemis Gallery, auctioneer It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Holiday Sale - Ancient | Asian | Ethnographic
Sale date : 08 Dec 2016 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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