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An Egyptian turquoise faience offering cup with dark blue inscription image 1
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The Resandro Collection of Ancient Art (Lots 14-49)
Lot 43*

An Egyptian turquoise faience offering cup with dark blue inscription

22 November – 9 December 2024, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, New Bond Street

£800 - £1,200

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An Egyptian turquoise faience offering cup with dark blue inscription

Ptolemaic Period, circa 332-30 B.C.
6cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
with Olivier Tiano, France.
Resandro collection, Europe, primarily formed late 1960s-1997, acquired from the above (R-706).

Published:
I. Grimm-Stadelmann (ed.), Aesthetic Glimpses, Masterpieces of Ancient Egyptian Art, The Resandro Collection, Munich, 2012, p.218, no. R-706.

These shallow cups were used for perfumed oils and unguents, that were used in both daily life and sacred rituals; a hieroglyphic or demotic text often describes the contents therein.

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