EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA JAR WITH NILOTHIC PLANTS, ANKHS AND WAS SCEPTRES

拍品描述

Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC. A pottery jar with a globular body narrowing to a tall cylindrical neck with a thickened everted rim. The neck is decorated with horizontal bands in red, blue, and black, with a toothed band at the base. The shoulder displays a broad register of two alternating designs: one with three papyrus stems emerging from a central lotus bud, flanked by rosettes and was sceptres; the other with an ankh motif flanked by was sceptres and papyrus plants. The lower body is left plain. For similar see: The Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Egyptian Collection, INV 10071. Size: 480mm x 340mm; Weight: 7.8kg Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

图片