Egyptian Blue Glazed Bowl with Offerings

Description

Late Ptolemaic Period small glazed blue faience bowl with nine symbolic food offerings inside. Previously with the Peter Pelletieri collection New York 1970s. Refer Friedman, F.D., Gifts of The Nile, Ancient Egyptian Faience, London, 1998, no.179, colour illustration on p.170. Andrews, C.A.R. and van Dijk, J. edn., Objects for Eternity, Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz, 2006, no.3.54, p.241.

Origin

Circa 200 to 30 BC Egypt

Measurements

Height 3.5cm width at top of bowl 5cm

Condition

Overall good condition. Evidence of an earlier repair to foot of bowl. A rare item, small and beautiful.