An Egyptian Faience Model Cup

Third Intermediate Period, 21st-22nd Dynasty, 1070-664 B.C.

Height 2 1/4 inches (5.7 cm).

Property from a New England Collection

Provenance:

J.H.H. Claessen, Bladel, Netherlands, prior to 1987.

Private Collection, Connecticut.

Arte Primitivo, New York, Fine Pre-Columbian, Tribal Art & Classical Antiquities, 14 December 2020, Lot 503.

[Accompanied by a description by Dr. Robert Bianchi including a translation that reads: "The deceased [whose title is], the foremost and chief of the musicians of the god Amun, [whose name is] Djed-khonsu-[iuef-ankh] (c)"]

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An Egyptian Faience Model Cup

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