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Description : Egypt, Romano-Egyptian Period, ca. 30 BCE to early 2nd century CE. A beautiful, mold-formed redware pottery jug with an expressive portrait peering out from the obverse side. The captivating countenance presents with bulging, almond-shaped eyes beneath thin, sweeping brows, a thick nose with flared nostrils, full cheeks with shallow nasolabial folds flanking full lips curled into a smirk, and a bulbous chin with an incised central cleft. Diagonally incised bangs frame the rounded face beneath a stippled upper fringe, and a fillet of flowers and grassy bunches line the top of the vivacious visage. The planar base enables the stability of the jug, and a squat handle next to the wide-mouthed neck allowed this vessel to be used as a container for various liquids or oils. Size: 3 W x 4.4 H (7.6 cm x 11.2 cm) Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection, ex-private New York, New York, USA collection, ex-Robert Hobert collection, ex-Amphora Auctions 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. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer shipmost antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. #164569

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