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Lot 107

Two Egyptian bichrome faience royal tile fragments with cartouches of Seti II
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22 November – 9 December 2024, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, New Bond Street

£1,000 - £1,500

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Two Egyptian bichrome faience royal tile fragments with cartouches of Seti II

New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, circa 1200-1193 B.C.
4.4cm and 2.8cm high (2)

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Provenance:
Originally from a palace, probably in the Delta capital of Piramessu.
Albert E. Davis (1912-2003) collection, New York and Arizona, formed between 1970 and 1989.
A Private Estate of an American Couple from Arizona and New York; Bonhams, London, 28 October 2009, lot 59.
Property from a Princely Collection, acquired at the above sale.

Each with blue hieroglyphs inlaid on a white ground, the larger fragment in the form of a cartouche of Seti II; the smaller rectangular section with part of the cartouche of Seti II, showing his prenomen, 'Userkheperure Meryamun'. One with ink number '75.A' on the back, the other with faint ink number '93.70' on one side.

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