Lot no. 101
EGYPTIAN FAIENCE DJOSER WALL TILES
Old Kingdom, Ca. 2630 - 2611 BC
A group of 155 Djoser tiles. There were over thirty-thousand rectangular faience tiles found in the funerary complex of the Pharaoh Djoser. On the back of the tiles, there is a projection loop used for stringing them together alongside other tiles before they were pressed into the plaster of the walls. For similar see: Eton College. Acc. No. ECM 1836.
Size: 50-100mm x 30-55mm; Weight: 3.4kg
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.
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