Egyptian New Kingdom Pottery & Painted Gesso Votive Cup
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Description
Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1070 BCE. A petite offering cup made from highly-burnished blackware pottery that bears a layer of creamy white gesso with faint remains of applied orange-red pigment. The conical vessel exhibits a flat base and a rounded rim, and the deep interior is meant to hold offerings to various deities related to the death and the afterlife. Size: 2.5" H (6.4 cm); 2.75" H (7 cm) on included custom stand.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private prominent D.K. collection, New York, USA, acquired in the 2000s
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#156219
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private prominent D.K. collection, New York, USA, acquired in the 2000s
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#156219
Condition
Minor nicks and pitting to exposed blackware surfaces, with chipping to nearly all painted gesso, and fading to petite remains of original pigment, otherwise intact and very good. Nice earthen deposits and very faint remains of original pigment on gesso remains.
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Egyptian New Kingdom Pottery & Painted Gesso Votive Cup
Estimate $600 - $900
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