COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN AMARNA PERIOD PAINTED JAR FRAGMENTS DEPICTING AN ANKH CROSS Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC. A pottery jar fragments painted in blue, red, and black, preserving a section of decorative frieze with stylised papyrus stems and lotus flowers flanking an ankh symbol. The motifs are outlined in black and set against a cream-coloured ground, with horizontal bands of alternating colours running along the lower edge.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 11.215.462; 11.215.464; 11.215.460.Size: 210mm x 300mm; Weight: 890gProvenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.