Egyptian Faience Lily Ring, Amarna Period
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Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1350 BCE. A beautiful greenish yellow-gold faience ring from a period that marked one of the heights in the beauty of faience art. A carved lily blossom with red center and three areas of deep blue surrounding it. Nymphaea caerulea, or the Blue Egyptian Water Lily was an important symbol for the Ancient Egyptians. The Egyptian\'s religion and culture was centered around the foundation that the sun would raise and fall every day, and the lily was a physical mirror of this. It was further thought the the lily was the vessel that gave birth to the gods, and thus a link between the physical and afterlife realms. 3/4\"W.
Provenance: Ex-private German Collection.
All items in this auction are legal to buy/sell under U.S. statute covering cultural patrimony per United States Code 2600, CHAPTER 14 -- CONVENTION ON CULTURAL PROPERTY, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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Provenance: Ex-private German Collection.
All items in this auction are legal to buy/sell under U.S. statute covering cultural patrimony per United States Code 2600, CHAPTER 14 -- CONVENTION ON CULTURAL PROPERTY, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
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Repaired from three pieces, but all original.
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Egyptian Faience Lily Ring, Amarna Period
Estimate $900 - $1,200
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