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Lot 7*

An Egyptian white faience ear plug

7 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian white faience ear plug
New Kingdom, 18th-19th Dynasties, circa 1550-1185 B.C.
Of typical mushroom form, the discus terminal decorated with a marguerite white and blue flower with separately applied red boss in the centre, 2.5cm high

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Provenance:
Dr John Winnie collection, St Mary's, GA, ca. 1970s.
with Noele and Ronald Mele, Westport.
Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above February 2008.

Cf. Egypt's Golden Age: The Art of Living in the New Kingdom 1558-1085 B.C., Boston, 1982, p. 231, item 299.

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