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Lot 331

An Egyptian blue faience offering cup naming Ramesses III

6 July 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian blue faience offering cup naming Ramesses III
New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, circa 1183-1152 B.C.
5.5cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
with Hoshigaoka Gallery Co. Ltd, Japan.
Private collection, London, acquired from the above on the 26th September 1981.

With text naming the Pharaoh Ramesses III, and reading 'Lord of Appearances (Ramesses heqa Iwnw), beloved of Osiris, Lord of Rostjau'.

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