Lot no. 582
PAIR OF ROMANO-EGYPTIAN FAIENCE FLASKS DEPICTING EYE OF HORUS Ca. 30 BC - AD 200. A pair of turquoise-glazed faience flasks, each with a rounded and flattened body, and a short, cylindrical neck flanked by small arched handles. One side of each vessel is moulded with a Wedjat eye framed with a circular border. The reverse shows a rosette in relief. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA4770. Size: 60-60mm x 40-42mm; Weight: 75g Provenance: Property of a London Art gallery; formerly acquired from a Belgium collector in 2006; formerly in an old French collection since the 1960s. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
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ANCIENT ART & ANTIQUITIES - DAY 2
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04/27/2025
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