EGYPTIAN YELLOW QUARTZITE FISH BOWL FRAGMENT. New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A fragment of a shallow bowl carved from yellow calcite in the shape of a tilapia fish, with a rounded snout, incised gill markings, and a perforated eye. The interior is smoothly hollowed. For similar see: WC Hayes, The Scepter of Egypt, vol. 2, New York, 1959, p. 123, fig. 65. Size: 120mm x 100mm; Weight: 185g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex.Rupert Wace, 13 May 2004 - 13.